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Wyartite from
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo


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Wyartite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Wyartite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Wyartite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Wyartite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Wyartite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Wyartite, etc.

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Wyartite

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Wyartite

Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Wyartite
Formula:CaU5+(UO2)2(CO3)O4(OH) · 7H2O
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Uranophane3
Uraninite3
Urancalcarite3
Shinkolobweite2
Wölsendorfite1
Rutherfordine1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wyartite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Photo GalleryView Gallery (10 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11915
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11915:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
304 [288].
Gauthier, Gilbert, François, Armand, Deliens, Michel, Piret, P. (1989) Famous Mineral Localities: The Uranium Deposits of the Shaba Region, Zaire. The Mineralogical Record, 20 (4) Tucson. 265-304
Deliens, M. (1996) Overzicht van de mineralogie van de koper-, kobalt- en uraniumvoorkomens in Zuid-Shaba (Zaïre). Pages 35-49 in: Schatten der Aarde. Van mineraal tot juweel. Tentoonstelling in de abdij Saint-Gérard de Brogne van 27 april tot 27 oktober 1996. Catalogus opgemaakt onder de leiding van R. Warin, AGAB en P. Van hee, MKA (in Dutch).
Burns, Peter C., Finch, Robert J. (1999) Wyartite; crystallographic evidence for the first pentavalent-uranium mineral. American Mineralogist, 84 (9) 1456-1460 doi:10.2138/am-1999-0926
 
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