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Formula: Pb2Cu5(UO2)2(Se4+O3)6(OH)6(H2O)2
Selenite
Specific gravity: 5.28
Hardness: 3 to 4
Colour: Bottle-green when fresh, turning somewhat brownish on dehydration
RADIOACTIVE
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At the type locality, the Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo, demesmaekerite
occurs rarely in the lower oxidised portions of a selenium-bearing
copper–cobalt deposit, associated with
cuprosklodowskite, kasolite,
guilleminite, derriksite,
chalcomenite, malachite and
selenian digenite
(AM 51.1815-1816).
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