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Sklodowskite

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Sklodowskite

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Locality: 
Kamoto East Open Cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

A very nice carpet of well shaped, sturdy, bright-yellow crystals of sklodowskite cover the surface of a cavity of the matrix. The gentleman who gave me this sample, told me that some years before, he had a larger sample from which he had made more pieces and that having analyzed some, all had turned out to be sklodowskite. Very good specimen.

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Sklodowskite

Formula: 
Mg(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.10
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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