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Vandendriesscheite & Metaschoepite

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Vandendriesscheite & Metaschoepite

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Description
Locality: 
Giftkies Adit, Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

Very good vandendriesscheite crystals with yellow metaschoepite from the Giftkies adit, Jachymov. Analysed specimen: Raman & SXRD, EDS no 3223-30.

 

Comes with a colour printed analysis report.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vandendriesscheite

Formula: 
PbU7O22·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.40
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Metaschoepite

Formula: 
UO3·1-2H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)