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Libethenite & Pseudomalachite

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Libethenite & Pseudomalachite

Collected in 1970's
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Nchanga Open Pit, Chingola District, Copper Belt Province, Zambia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 5.5 × 5 cm
Weight: 
296.00gr
Description

A fine specimen from this seldom offered locality displaying lots of lustrous, large, dark green libethenite crystals overgrowing lighter green pseudomalachite. From the thin layers of country rock top and bottom, this appears to be a section of a very vuggy mineralised vein with the specimen having been collected back in the 1970's.

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

Pseudomalachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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