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Kamitugaite

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Kamitugaite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1 × 1.1 cm
Description

First-class specimen with numerous yellow acicular kamitugaite crystals. Richly decorated specimen.

Type locality specimen. Kamitugaite is only known from two localities worldwide. Absolutely rare mineral.

From the collection of Luc VANDENBERGHE, longtime mindat member and famous Belgian u-mineral collector. Specimen of a very well kept collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kamitugaite

Formula: 
AlPb(UO2)5(PO4,AsO4)2(OH)9·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.ED.15
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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