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Cyrtolite & Cuprosklodowskite

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Cyrtolite & Cuprosklodowskite

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Nice small sample of cyrtolite and cuprosklodowskite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cyrtolite

Variety Of: 

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Hardness: 
7.5
Formula: 
Zr[(SiO4),(OH)4]
Hardness: 
0.0

Cuprosklodowskite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Kalongwe deposit, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)