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Swamboite

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Description
Locality: 
Swambo Hill, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
Description

From the type locality, dozens of gemmy yellow prismatic crystals of swamboite-(Nd) of an intense resinous lustre and very good definition, on matrix.

Ex Francis Hubert #12340.

Mineral Data
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Swamboite

Formula: 
UH6(UO2)6(SiO4)6·30H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.20
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Swambo Hill (Swambo Mine), Swambo, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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