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Paramelaconite

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Paramelaconite

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Description
Locality: 
Tenke Deposit, Tenke-Fungurume, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Grey metallic paramelaconite crystals in cuprite matrix. Minor buttgenbachite/connellite is associated. 

From analysed material. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paramelaconite

Formula: 
Cu2Cu2O3
Strunz: 
4.AA.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Paramelaconite