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Cuprosklodowskite & Torbernite

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Cuprosklodowskite & Torbernite

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 3.6 × 3.2 cm
Description

A fantastic specimen of exceptional cuprosklodowskite crystals larger than 15mm with superb neon green color. There are several transparent torbernite blades, darker than the cuprosklodowskite.

Ex Gilbert Gauthier specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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)

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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