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Vanmeersscheite Umohoite & Rutherfordine

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Vanmeersscheite Umohoite & Rutherfordine

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1 × 0.5 cm
Description

Yellow accicular crystals of vanmeerscheite in association with umohoite (orange) and rutherfordine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vanmeersscheite

Formula: 
U6+(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Umohoite

Formula: 
(UO2)MoO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.GC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Freedom No. 2 Mine, Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium area), Piute Co., Utah, USA

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

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