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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: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Weight: 
500.00gr
Description

Exceptional sample, large in size, at the top for quality and beauty with groups of golden/yellow glassy sharp crystals that reach around 0.7 cm. Among the most beautiful I've ever had. It is very hard nowadays to find such samples.
Additional photos are available upon request. 

From my "Personal Selection".

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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