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Furongite

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Furongite

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Description
Locality: 
Kobokobo Pegmatite, Mwenga, South Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm
Description

Yellow transparent furongite associated with triangulite (yellow powder) and threadgoldite from the Kobokobo pegmatite, DR Congo. 

SEm-EDS & SXRD confirmed no MA1479. 

 

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