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Torbernite

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Torbernite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Description

Nice and fine smaple from this famous classic locality. Tobernite developed free-standing tiny tabular crystals - they show intense green color and fine contrast to light matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Torbernite

Formula: 
Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O
Strunz: 
8.EB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany