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Sklodowskite

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Sklodowskite

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Description
Locality: 
Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 2.8 × 1 cm
Description

Here is an a perfect example of the rare Sklodowskite from a single spot in Lavrion, discovered recently for the first time. The piece hosts a main, wonderful "sun" of bright yellow sklodowskite. Other crystals are present too but the minerals have not been identified.

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)

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