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Cornetite

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Description
Locality: 
Kalabi Mine, Luambo, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 3.8 × 1.3 cm
Description

Rich deep blue sparkling micro crystals of cornetite completely covering the front of sample. Minor malachite in association. Very fine for the species!

Ex. Christian Rewitzer and Rudolf Ďuďa collection #7/87

Mineral Data
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Cornetite

Formula: 
Cu3(PO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)...
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