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Sharpite

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Sharpite

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Green sprays of Sharpite as rich aggregates sitting on Malachite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sharpite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)6(CO3)5(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
5.EA.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic Found as crusts of radiating fibres.
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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