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Demesmaekerite & Schoepite

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Demesmaekerite & Schoepite

Bill Pinch collection
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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 6.2 × 4.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a large and truly exceptional sample from the Bill Pinch collection with a large vug system hosting very large groups of demesmaekerite crystals with abundant clusters of bright yellow schoepite crystals on malachite with a smattering of metatorbernite plates and etched digenite crystals. Probably one of the finest specimens of the species in existence with the main cluster of crystals measuring 1.7cm across. Incredible specimen!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Demesmaekerite

Formula: 
Pb2Cu5(UO2)2(SeO3)6(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
4.JJ.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Schoepite

Formula: 
(UO2)8O2(OH)12·12H2O
Strunz: 
4.GA.05
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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