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Libethenite

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Libethenite

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Description
Locality: 
Miguel Vacas Mine, Conceição, Vila Viçosa, Évora District, Portugal
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.5 × 7.5 × 5.5 cm
Description

This is a very good and old libethenite specimen from Portugal.

Hundreds of sharp and lustrous, deep green libethenite crystals on shist matrix.

Collected 1979

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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