Image: Becquerelite-Uranophane-Uraninite-201144

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Description: Becquerelite, Uranophane - alpha, Uraninite

Locality: Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 5 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm. Shinkolobwe is the type locality for Becquerelite where it forms lathe-like, yellow to orange, flat-terminated crystals. Here the mineral is associated with Uranophane in very tiny needles. Sometimes the crystals cluster together like shown in the photo, and they reach on this specimen 5 mm. This is a good reference piece for a locality that is closed since more than 50 years.
Author: Robert M. Lavinsky
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