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Guilleminite Rutherfordine Cuprosklodowskite Pitchblende & Digenite

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Guilleminite Rutherfordine Cuprosklodowskite Pitchblende & Digenite

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

A fine specimen of guilleminite, rutherfordine plus minor cuprosklodowskite on pitchblende with minor digenite. Will be wrapped in lead foil. Weight: 394 gr

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Guilleminite

Formula: 
Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.JJ.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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

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)

Pitchblende

Variety Of: 

Uraninite

Formula: 
UO2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Formula: 
UO2
Hardness: 
0.0

Digenite

Formula: 
Cu9S5
Strunz: 
2.BA.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Copper slate deposits, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany