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Cuprosklodowskite

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Cuprosklodowskite

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

This is a very good sample of very bright, electric green needles of cuprosklodowskite crystals, filling completely an spheroidal pocket. Classic specimen, it was acquired in 1981 by Marie Taluriaux.

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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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