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Soddyite & Swamboite

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Soddyite & Swamboite

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Description
Locality: 
Swambo Hill, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.5 × 0.1 cm
Description

 Nice soddyite and swamboite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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)

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)