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Clinoclase

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Description
Locality: 
Mindigi Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

Extremely rare in collections is this clinoclase from the Ex. Zaire. This uncommon arsenate in Katanga was found at the old dumps of the Mindingi Mine. It features deep blue crystals of intense lustre on a grey chalky matrix.

Specimen collected by Achiel Moors, a Belgian colonist in the D.R.Congo between 1957 and 1972.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinoclase

Formula: 
Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Wheal Gorland, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), Gwennap, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

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