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Cuprosklodowskite & Torbernite

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Cuprosklodowskite & Torbernite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 6.4 × 4.9 cm
Weight: 
131.00gr
Description

Interesting specimen of rare cuprosklodowskite in a lot of prismatic acicular crystals in the classical yellow green color associated with dark green torbernite. Crystals are present in all sides of the piece as shown by photos and are reunited in aesthetic and colorful vugs.

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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