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Formula: U(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6.4H2O
Hydrated phosphate, phosphuranylite group,
uranyl mineral
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Specific gravity: 4.67 calculated
Colour: Canary-yellow
Luminescence: Strong green fluorescence under short wave and long wave UV
Very strongly RADIOACTIVE
Environments
Localities
At the Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo, vanmeersscheite has been found
with umohoite
(Mindat photo).
Vanmeersscheite from the Shinkolobwe Mine -
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At the type locality, the Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo, vanmeersscheite is a rare
secondary mineral in the
uraniferous zone of the altered
granite
pegmatite, associated with
metavanmeersscheite and
studtite
(HOM).
Vanmeersscheite from the Kobokobo pegmatite -
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