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Becquerelite & Masuyite

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Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm
Description

This fantastic rich specimen has two species for which this is the type locality: Masuyite (in red spherical aggregates) and superb, large sprays of Becquerelite with crystals to a whopping 4 mm. The matrix is uraninite.

Ex Bernhard Dünkel collection

 

Mineral Data
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Becquerelite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Masuyite

Formula: 
Pb(UO2)3O3(OH)2·3H2O
Strunz: 
4.GB.35
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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