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Formula: Pb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11.11H2O
Oxide containing uranium
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Specific gravity: 5.45 to 5.46 measured, 5.86 calculated
Hardness: 3
Colour: Orange to amber-brown
RADIOACTIVE
Environments
Sedimentary environments
Hydrothermal environments
Vandendriesscheite occurs in the oxidation zone of uranium deposits
(Mindat).
Localities
At the type locality, the Shinkolobwe mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo,
vandendriesscheite is associated with
metavandendriesscheite,
fourmarierite, becquerelite,
metatorbernite, rutherfordine
and uraninite
(HOM, Mindat).
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