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Soddyite With Cuprosklodowskite & Rutherfordine

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Soddyite With Cuprosklodowskite & Rutherfordine

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 4.6 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
53.00gr
Description

Cut and polished face showing yellow soddyite, light green cuprosklodowskite, dark green malachite and tan rutherfordine in altered, siliceous rock matrix.

Posted on Mindat, Harold Moritz's Photo Gallery (Coll. #U/Th 1172)

Mineral Data
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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)

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)

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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