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Uranophane

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Uranophane

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 8 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Exceptional sample, large in size, at the top for quality and beauty with radial groups of crystals that reach 2.5 cm in diameter. Among the most beautiful I've ever seen. It is very difficult nowadays to find such samples.
Additional photos are available upon request. 
From my personal selection.

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Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

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