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Hydropyrochlore

Dan Behnke collection
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Description
Locality: 
Lueshe Mine, North Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED!! You are bidding on a small group of hydropyrochlore crystals from the type locality. The sample is illustrated in Encyclopedia of Minerals second edition 1990 (as 'kalipyrochlore", the old name for the species), and in Photo Atlas of Minerals 2007. Comes with original slide taken by Dan and index collection card. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydropyrochlore

Formula: 
(H2O,□)2Nb2(O,OH)6(H2O)
Strunz: 
4.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Lueshe Mine, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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