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Renierite

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Description
Locality: 
Kipushi Mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.4 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm
Description

Classic massive metallic bronze coloured renierite from Kipushi, the type locality. Big size, uncommon and hard to find specimen in this size, it was collected before 1968.

Ex. René Virlet specimen, a Belgian colonist in Congo who travel back definitively to Belgium in 1968.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Renierite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16
Strunz: 
2.CB.35a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Kipushi Mine (Prince Léopold Mine), Kipushi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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