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Libethenite

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Libethenite

Type Locality
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7 × 3 cm
Description

Libethenite is a secondary copper phosphate mineral, forms dark green peudo-octahedral crystals on iron stained quartzite matrix.

Great Type Locality specimen with lustrous crystals.

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