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Zincolibethenite & Hemimorphite

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Zincolibethenite & Hemimorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 3.7 × 3 cm
Description

Interesting specimen of blue botryoidal zincolibethenite, covering a matrix of black romanechite?? hetaerolite??, and partially covered by a thin layer of white hemimorphite.

From a find at the Skorpion Mine on April/2012. Ex. Arnaud Gelders, #50.

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zincolibethenite

Formula: 
CuZn(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

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