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Cornetite

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Cornetite

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Description
Locality: 
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 2 × 2.2 cm
Description

A specimen composed of a velvety carpet of microcrystals that glistens in person.Very beautiful under a lense or microscope !

This is an old specimen from Wendland collection - obtained 1999

Mineral Data
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Cornetite

Formula: 
Cu3(PO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)...