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Torbernite

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Torbernite

ex coll. Dr.Josef Lhoest, Belgium
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Rich coverage with vibrant emerald-green transparent torbernite crystals

and minor black heterogenite on matrix.

 

Beautiful old-time specimen from collection  Dr. Josef Lhoest, Belgium

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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