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Tyuyamunite & Malachite

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Tyuyamunite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6 × 4 cm
Weight: 
150.00gr
Description

Wonderful small-cabinet, host several groups of sharp, bright-yellow crystals of tyuyamunite accompanied by tufts of grass green malachite crystals. The crystals groups of  this beautiful uranium mineral are richly scattered over a good part of the upper face.

This is currently the largest sample visible on the e-Rocks DB and the largest and richest I've ever had.  Not easily repeatable. Magnificent!!

"Personal Selection"

 

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tyuyamunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.25
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Tyuya-Muyun Cu-V-U deposit (Radium Mine), Alai Range (Alay Range), Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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