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Description
Locality: 
Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm
Description

A classic and hard to find specimen formed by a mass of steel grey metallic vaesite, a rare nickel sulphide from Shinkolobwe.

Collected before 1960, it is an Ex. Robert Verdoodt specimen. It comes with an old handwritten label made by Robert Verdoodt.

Mineral Data
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Vaesite

Formula: 
NiS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Swambo, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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