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Cuprosklodowskite

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Cuprosklodowskite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.1 × 5.4 × 4.3 cm
Description

This sample features very bright electric green needles of cuprosklodowskite crystals, filling pockets on matrix.

Ex. Marie Taluriaux collection, who bought it in 1990.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprosklodowskite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalongwe deposit, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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