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Kasolite Uranophane & Thorogummite

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Kasolite Uranophane & Thorogummite

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Description
Locality: 
Åvesland, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 4 × 3.6 cm
Description

Massive thorogummite associated with orange kasolite needles and masses of uranophane. SEM-EDS analysed specimen no 2019-06-23-49. 

Analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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)

Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Kasolite Uranophane & Thorogummite