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Shabaite-(Nd) & Kamotoite-(Y)

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Shabaite-(Nd) & Kamotoite-(Y)

Type Locality
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kamoto East Open Cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

Shabaite-(Nd) is an extremely rare mineral find only in the its type locality. More groups of tabular crystals with micaceous luster, scattered on the sample, you can see them with naked eyes, in one area the thin crystals form a carpet, together, there is nice bright yellow kamotoite-(Y). Very rare and nice sample.

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What's on the rock

Shabaite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Ca(Nd,Sm,Y)2(UO2)(CO3)4(OH)2·6H2O
Strunz: 
5.EE.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Kamotoite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y2(UO2)4(CO3)3O4·14H2O
Strunz: 
5.EA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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