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Uranophane Metatorbernite Kasolite & Cuprosklodowskite

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 5.9 × 4.5 cm
Weight: 
256.00gr
Description

Excellent, large, very rich specimen of crystallized uranophane with lesser torbernite, kasolite and cuprosklodowskite from the famous Musonoi mine in the DR Congo! Fantastic under the microscope or loupe. From the noted collection of Eric Quinter (1947-2024), one of the best private collections of uranium minerals in the United States! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Uranophane

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)2[HSiO4]2·5H2O
Strunz: 
9.AK.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Jelenia Góra District, Rudawy Janowickie Mts, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland

Metatorbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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)

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)

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