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Metatorbernite & Uranophane & Malachite

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Metatorbernite & Uranophane & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.6 × 2.1 cm
Description

Metatorbernite with uranophane and malachite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metatorbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0