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Torbernite

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Torbernite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

A nice cabinet specimen. Rich, spectacular and rare.
It is no longer collectable and there are only a very few specimens in this size and quality. Difficult to obtain one similar. This specimen was also a part of an old collection but is now looking for a new owner.
 

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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