Description
Light yellow fibrous studtite within a golden uranophane geode.
Studtite is a rare hydrated uranium oxide.
Radioactive mineral.
Uranium-bearing mineralogical specimen from the Musonoi (Mupine) copper mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo.
This uranium, copper and cobalt (and other metals) mine is one of the most productive in the Congo. A wide variety of copper- and cobalt-related minerals are present.
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