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Kipushite

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Locality: 
Kipushi Mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm
Description

Lustrous light green kipushite crystals in clusters on a darker green botryoidal crust of either pseudomalachite or reichenbachite. A nice example of this rare copper-zinc-phosphate from the Type Locality.

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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)
Cartils Minerals

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