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Curite Kolbeckite & Dewindtite

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Curite Kolbeckite & Dewindtite

David Wilber Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm
Description

You are bidding on an exceptional, large sample from Shinkolobwe with a fracture surface hosting very rich needles and prsims of curite on metatorbernite with lots of small yellow dewindtite crystals, sprays of kasolite and most importantly, abundant but tiny pink to colorless clusters of kolbeckite crystals! Extremely rich piece formerly in the David Wilber collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Curite

Formula: 
Pb3(UO2)8O8(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.55
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Streak: 
Orange
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Kolbeckite

Formula: 
ScPO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CD.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Sadisdorf, Schmiedeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Dewindtite

Formula: 
H2Pb3(UO2)2(PO4)4O4·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EC.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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