Dark reddish brown blades of shinkolobweite (IMA 2016-095) coating massive uraninite with orange fourmarierite and pale rutherfordine. Horizontal field of view is 1 mm. The structure of shinkolobweite is modulated and contains pentavalent uranium which produces the deep color. The new mineral originates from a collection of some of the best Shinkolobwe mine specimens at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa which belonged to the late Bill Pinch; Locality: Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo; Fov: 1 mm;
Copyright: Travis Olds