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Likasite

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Likasite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm
Description

A very rich coverage of tiny blue spheres of likasite on matrix. A very good example of this rare copper-nitrate associated with some minor green gerhardite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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