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Liebauite

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Liebauite

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Description
Locality: 
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 0.5 × 0.4 cm
Description

Very rare blue liebauite crystals in matrix. Ex coll W. Schüller, specialist of minerals from Eifel mts.. Type locality, known only from Nickenich. 

Reference: 

Zöller, M.H., Tillmanns, E., Hentschel, G. (1992): Liebauite, Ca3Cu5Si9O26, a new silicate mineral with 14er single chain. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 200, 115-126.

Mineral Data
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Liebauite

Formula: 
Ca3Cu5Si9O26
Strunz: 
9.DO.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Nickenicher Weinberg (Nickenicher Sattelberg), Nickenich, Andernach, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany