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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: 
4.6 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

Black metallic paramelaconite in cuprite matrix and minor buttgenbachite from the Tenke deposit. A similar specimen was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy. 

 

Mineral Data
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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