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Oosterboschite & Trogtalite

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Oosterboschite & Trogtalite

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Description
Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Grey metallic oosterboschite with trogtalite and chalcomenite from the Musonoi mine, DR Congo. 

Comes with a label from W. Pinch. Ex Pinch collection. 

Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Oosterboschite

Formula: 
(Pd,Cu)7Se5
Strunz: 
2.BC.10
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Trogtalite

Formula: 
CoSe2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Trogtal Quarries, Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany