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Schoepite

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Schoepite

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Description
Locality: 
La Dorgissière Mine, Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.8 × 1.1 cm
Description

Yellow schoepite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schoepite

Formula: 
(UO2)8O2(OH)12·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)