Soddyite, Cuprosklodowskite, Sklodowskite: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Description

Species: Soddyite, Cuprosklodowskite, Sklodowskite
Locality: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Dimensions: 7 cm x 6.5 cm x 4 cm

Excellent large, colorful, well-crystallized Musonoi mine specimen featuring bright canary-yellow soddyite crystals (most obvious at upper right) with acicular, light green cuprosklodowskite and acicular, yellow sklodowskite crystals lining a fracture in altered siliceous dolostone matrix. Eric Quinter specimen U/Th 0278, pictured on mindat.org. Rare!