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Kipushite

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Kipushite

Gilbert Gauthier collection
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Description
Locality: 
Kipushi Mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large and very rich sample of kipushite from the Gilbert Gauthier collection. This piece hosts hundreds of perfect clusters of kipushite on matrix with pseudomalachite, mimetite and other species. The richest sample of the mineral I have ever seen! Could be trimmed into multiple good specimens. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kipushite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)5Zn(PO4)2(OH)6·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.35
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Kipushi Mine (Prince Léopold Mine), Kipushi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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