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Soddyite

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Soddyite

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Description
Locality: 
KOV Open Pit, Kamto, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.8 × 2 cm
Description

Many, beautiful yellow sharp crystals of soddyite with the unusually elongated shape, together with creamy white blades of rutherfordina with a magnificent effect. Very good specimen.

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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)

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