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Sklodowskite & Gypsum

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Sklodowskite & Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

One of the few examples of this extreme rarity from the one and only find that produced this radioactive mineral in Greece!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sklodowskite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

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