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Gerhardtite & Likasite

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Gerhardtite & Likasite

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Description
Locality: 
Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.4 × 1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some tiny bladed crystals of gerhardtite with blue needles of likasite on matrix with native copper. Extremely rare occurence! Ex Dan Behnke collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gerhardtite

Formula: 
Cu2(NO3)(OH)3
Strunz: 
5.NB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
United Verde Mine (The Big Hole; Big Hole property; Hull Mine; Hopewell tunnel; Patented claim 3480; Patented claim 2812; Patented claims 3348), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Likasite

Formula: 
Cu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O
Strunz: 
5.ND.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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