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Wölsendorfite & Studtite

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Wölsendorfite & Studtite

Type Locality for studtite
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.4 × 0.2 cm
Description

Orange tabular crystals of wölsendorfite and yellow, silky, flattened tufts of studtite on the two side of the micro sample. Small but cute.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wölsendorfite

Formula: 
(Pb,Ca)U2O7·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.30
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Studtite

Formula: 
[(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2]·H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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