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Cuprosklodowskite With Phosphuranylite & Vandenbrandeite & Ianthinite

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Cuprosklodowskite With Phosphuranylite & Vandenbrandeite & Ianthinite

Ex Ring collection, Munich, Germany
Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm
Weight: 
6.40gr
Description

Green acicular cuprosklodowskite is associated with lemon-yellow phosphuranylite, darker green vandenbrandeite (pic 1, 2) and violet-black Ianthinite (pic 2). A neat and colorful combination.

Radioactive due to content of U, Th and/or rare earth elements (appr. 33.5 micro Sv/h within spitting distance).

 

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)

Phosphuranylite

Formula: 
(H3O)3KCa(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Buchanan Mine, Waterhole Mine, (Buchanan pegmatite), Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA

Vandenbrandeite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)(OH)4
Strunz: 
4.GB.45
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Kalongwe deposit, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Ianthinite

Formula: 
U4+(UO2)5O7·10H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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