| Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine |
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| Species: | Françoisite-(Nd) |
| Formula: | (Nd,Ce,Sm)(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH) · 6H2O |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
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| Associates: | Metatorbernite
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| Metatorbernite | ⓘ4 photos of Françoisite-(Nd) associated with Metatorbernite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Françoisite-(Nd) data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (10 photos) |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 5383 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:5383:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 10603212-abf9-4e0c-8eb2-928a57816f4f |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | structure of the (REE)–uranyl carbonate mineral shabaite-(Nd) Jakub Plášil1*, Radek ŠKoda2 1 2 * Institute of...Brno, Czech Republic Corresponding author Shabaite-(Nd) is a rare supergene mineral formed during alteration–hydration...single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, shabaite-(Nd) is triclinic, twinned (leading to a pseudo-monoclinic...observed reflections. The structure of shabaite-(Nd) is based upon finite clusters of polyhedra, the...infinite sheets of Nd-polyhedra with internal Nd–O–C linkages. The infinite sheets of Nd-polyhedra are stacked |
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Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo