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Rutherfordine Metaschoepite

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Rutherfordine Metaschoepite

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm
Description

Yellow to orange rutherfordine and metaschoepite masses from the Kobokobo pegmatite, South Kivu, DR Congo.

EDS XRD 19-11-kobo2 Comes with analysis. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rutherfordine

Formula: 
(UO2)CO3
Strunz: 
5.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Lukwengule, Uluguru Mts (Uruguru Mts), Morogoro Region, Tanzania

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)