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Urancalcarite

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Urancalcarite

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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Light yellow urancalcarite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Urancalcarite

Formula: 
Ca(UO2)3(CO3)(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
5.EA.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)