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Francevillite Kasolite & Dewindtite

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Francevillite Kasolite & Dewindtite

Christopher J. Stefano
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Packerton Junction, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 1.7 × 0.6 cm
Description

A colorful assemblage of uranium minerals from a rarely seen Pennsylvania locality.   This specimen features yellow to orange coatings of francevillite, dewindtite, and kasolite with green torbernite.   From the collection of Christopher J. Stefano.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Francevillite

Formula: 
(Ba,Pb)(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon

Kasolite

Formula: 
Pb(UO2)[SiO4]·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Dewindtite

Formula: 
H2Pb3(UO2)2(PO4)4O4·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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