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Demesmaekerite

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Demesmaekerite

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

Dark-green-brownish, glassy, bundle of sharp crystals, of rare demesmaekerite flattened on the matrix. Rarely and only when they are unaltered the crystals of this beautiful uranyl-selenite are so glassy, more frequently they are pale olive green and opaque. Good specimen.

 

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Demesmaekerite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu5(UO2)2(SeO3)6(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JJ.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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