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Veszelyite

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Veszelyite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Laochang Mine, Gejiu County, Yunnan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.7 × 1 cm
Description

Veszelyite is a rare phosphate and this beautiful specimen is richly sprinkled with sharp, dark electric-blue veszelyite crystals.

Very attractive veszelyite crystal groups and very well terminated single crystals on good contrasting matrix.

Very beautiful, rich and good display specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Veszelyite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.30
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Ocna de Fier (Vaskö-Moraviţa; Vaskö-Moravicza; Eisenstein), Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania