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Rutherfordine Schoepite Cuprosklodowskite

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Rutherfordine Schoepite Cuprosklodowskite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

3 in 1 specimen. Tabular rutherfordine covered with microcrystalline schoepite associated with green radial crystals of cuprosklodowskite from Musonoi Mine, DR Congo. Boxed with label!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rutherfordine

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3
Strunz: 
5.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lukwengule, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania

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)

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)

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