Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Cuprosklodowskite is a secondary uranium mineral formed by alteration of earlier uranium minerals. Its empirical formula is Cu(UO2)2(HSiO4)2·6(H2O). Cuprosklodowskite is a nesosilicate mineral It is grass green to dark green in color and its crystal habit is typically acicular flat bladed crystals. It is a strongly radioactive mineral.Cuprosklodowskite was discovered in 1933 at the Kalongwe deposit in (then) Katanga province Belgian Congo the type locality.
