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Pseudomalachite & Libethenite

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CAM221248

Pseudomalachite & Libethenite

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Description
Locality: 
Kalabi Mine, Luambo, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 3.5 cm
Description

A very good sample from Likasi with a rich coverage of bright green blocky crystals of pseudomalachite and some libethenite crystals.
A rare specimen collected in the early 1970's.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pseudomalachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Cartils Minerals

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