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Swamboite Curite & Soddyite

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Swamboite Curite & Soddyite

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Description
Locality: 
Swambo Hill, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Plenty of acicular yellow crystals of rare swamboite-nd covering several cavities, with striated yellow crystals of soddyite and orange curite crystals Type locality for swamboite-nd. Very rich specimen!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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)

Curite

Formula: 
Pb3(UO2)8O8(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.55
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Soddyite

Formula: 
(UO2)2SiO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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