Rich specimen of crystallized Schoepite ps. lanthinite on Uraninite from the iconic Shinkolobwe mine. Mounted in a perky box for display. This is from a small set of specimens kept intact from the 1950’s and thought to have originally perhaps been property of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, who was closely involved with mining at Shinkolobwe in the WWII (and later) period due to the importance of Congolese uranium ore in the Manhattan Project as well as the development of nuclear energy. Ex. New Mexico Mineral Museum. Rare!!
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Species: Gummite, Uraninite, Zircon
Locality: Ruggles Mine, Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Size: 6.1 x 1.8 x 3.5 cm, ~100 grams
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Species: Uraninite
Locality: Chestnut Flats Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
Size: 1.4 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
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Species: Pyrite, Uraninite
Locality: Molaretto Prospect, Venaus, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Size: 7.4 x 6.6 x 4.9 - 248 grams
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Species: Rutherfordine, Schoepite, Uranophane
Locality: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Size: 4.5 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm, 108 grams
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