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Shattuckite

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Shattuckite

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Description
Locality: 
M'Sesa Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm
Description

Old beautiful radial aggregate of shattukite with silky reflexes. Collected before 1968 by Martíal Borzee, a Belgian colonist to Congo.

Ex. Martíal Borzee specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shattuckite

Formula: 
Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DB.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Shattuck Mine (Shattuck-Denn Mine; Shattuck-Arizona Mine; Denn Mine), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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