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Cuprosklodowskite & Kasolite

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Cuprosklodowskite & Kasolite

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Description
Locality: 
Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm
Description

Yellow kasolite with green cuprosklodowskite crystals, kasolite is analyzed

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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)

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)