Vandenbrandeite

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Vandenbrandeite, etc.

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo

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Vandenbrandeite

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo

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Vandenbrandeite, etc.

Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo

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About VandenbrandeiteHide
Formula:Cu(UO2)(OH)4Colour:Blackish green to dark green with bluish green
tintLustre:Vitreous, Sub-Vitreous, GreasyHardness:4Specific Gravity:5.03Crystal
System:TriclinicName:Named by Alfred Schoep in 1932 in honour of Pierre Van den
Brande (born Brussels April 11 th 1896 and died December 10th 1957 near Kabombwe,
DRCongo, after an attack by elephants), Belgian geologist, Geological Survey of
Katanga, who discovered the deposit at Kalongwe.Type Locality:? Kalongwe deposit,
Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
Highly stable in the presence of water and H2O2.

Classification of VandenbrandeiteHide
IMA status:Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
First published:1932
Strunz 8th ed.:4/H.04-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:4.GB.45

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites,

sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
G : Uranyl Hydroxides
B : With additional cations (K, Ca, Ba, Pb, etc.); with mainly UO2(O,OH)5
pentagonal polyhedra
Dana 8th ed.:5.3.2.1

5 : OXIDES CONTAINING URANIUM OR THORIUM

3 : AXO4�xH2O
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.16.9

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides

16 : Oxides of U