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Furongite Threadgoldite & Ranunculite

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Furongite Threadgoldite & Ranunculite

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 0.8 × 0.9 cm
Description

Yellow ranunculite inclusions with tabular threadgoldite and furongite on bluish-green apatite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Furongite

Formula: 
Al13(UO2)7(PO4)13(OH)14·58H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.50
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Unnamed U deposit (1), Hunan Province, China

Threadgoldite

Formula: 
Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH)·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Ranunculite

Formula: 
HAl(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3·4H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)