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Ludjibaite & Pseudomalachite

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Ludjibaite & Pseudomalachite

New Discovery

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Description
Locality: 
Miguel Vacas Mine, Conceição, Vila Viçosa, Évora District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm
Description

Clear green globular ludjibaite with deep green pseudomalachite crystals on drusy quartz.

Raman analyzed.

New discovery at Miguel Vacas!!!

Collected: 
2017
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ludjibaite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Ludjiba Mts, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Pseudomalachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany