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Schuilingite-(Nd) & Gysinite-(Nd)

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Schuilingite-(Nd) & Gysinite-(Nd)

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Description
Locality: 
Kasompi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm
Description

You are bidding on an exceptional sample of schuilingite-Nd with numerous perfect clusters of prismatic crystals on malachite. The specimen is much more beautiful than my photos indicate. There are also thin rinds of pink Gysinite-Nd in spots. This is formally from the Rock Currier collection. From my private collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schuilingite-(Nd)

Formula: 
PbCu(Nd,Gd,Sm,Y)(CO3)3(OH)·1.5H2O
Strunz: 
5.DB.20
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Swambo, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Gysinite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Pb(Nd,La)(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Swambo, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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