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Kolwezite

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Kolwezite

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Description
Locality: 
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 6 × 4.8 cm
Description

Velvety brownish-green Kolwezite crystals richly covering a piece of matrix. From the type locality, it is a specimen from the collection of Johann Muizebelt (NL).

Found in 1996.

Mineral Data
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Kolwezite

Formula: 
(Cu,Co)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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