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Metatyuyamunite & Kasolite

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Description
Locality: 
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

Yellow metatyuyamunite with orange kasolite and torbernite on matrix from the Mashamba West mine, Kolwezi, DR Congo. 

Rare mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Metatyuyamunite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2·3-5H2O
Strunz: 
4.HB.25
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shiprock District, San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA

Kasolite

Formula: 
Pb(UO2)[SiO4]·H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)