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Soddyite & Torbernite

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Soddyite & Torbernite

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Description
Locality: 
Kalongwe Deposit, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Very nice deep yellow soddyite crystals perched on torbernite blades and on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Soddyite

Formula: 
(UO2)2SiO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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