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Kipushite

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Description
Locality: 
Kipushi Mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.3 × 2 cm
Description

Intense blue kipushite on hemimorphite crystals. Beautiful!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kipushite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)5Zn(PO4)2(OH)6·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.35
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Kipushi Mine (Prince Léopold Mine), Kipushi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)