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Cornetite & Reichenbachite

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Cornetite & Reichenbachite

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Mine, Springbok, Okiep, Namakwa District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.1 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm
Description

Matrix with a nice coverage of deep blue micro-crystalline cornetite in association with green reichenbachite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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)...

Reichenbachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Point 8.0, Borstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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