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Sayrite & Uranophane

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Sayrite & Uranophane

Type Locality for sayrite

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Beautiful fans of bright orange crystals of rare sayrite from the type locality together with pale yellow uranophane. Cute micro of this rare uranium mineral.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sayrite

Formula: 
Pb2(UO2)5O6(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.50
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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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