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Kolwezite

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Description
Locality: 
Kolwezi Mine, Lualaba, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

A very good sample of the rare copper-cobalt-carbonate kolwezite with a rich coverage of olive-green spheres on matrix.
Ex Francis Coune collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kolwezite

Formula: 
(Cu,Co)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Cartils Minerals

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