Cuprosklodowskite

     

 

  

 

  

 

  

Origin: Musonoi Extension, Katanga, Congo

Sample size: top 6 x 5 x 5 cm, crystals to 1 cm, 2nd row 5 x 3 x 3 cm, sprays to 7 mm,

3rd row freestanding needles to 4 mm, bottom 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, sprays to 1 cm

 

    

Origin: Shinkolobwe mine, Shaba, Congo

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 3 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  

Cuprosklodowskite (lime green) with kasolite and torbernite

  

Cavity filled with dark pine green cuprosklodowskite intermingled with yellow uranophane crystals

  

 

  

Massive malachite with exposed fractured lined with yellow kasolite crystals and several needles of cuprosklodowskite and torbernite crystals

  

Dark green crystals of cuprosklodowskite intermingled with yellow crystals of uranophane

  

Bright apple green cuprosklodowskite fills this exposed vug together with yellow uranophane

  

 

  

Bright apple green cuprosklodowskite fills this exposed vug together with yellow uranophane

Origin: Musonoi Mine, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of the Congo

Sample size: 4 x 2.5 cm (top/2nd row),  5 x 3.5 cm (3rd row), 3 x 2.6 cm (4th row), 3.2 x 1.8 cm (5th row), 3.6 x 2.5 cm (6th row), 3.6 x 2.5 cm (7th row), 3.6 x 2.5 cm (bottom)

 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  

Origin: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sample size: 7.7 x 5.6 x 5.6 cm

 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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