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Libethenite With Malachite

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Libethenite With Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Nkana Mine, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copper Belt Province, Zambia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.2 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.70cm
Description

Sharp lustrous, spiky dark green crystals of libethenite in matrix, associated to a green botryoidal group of crystallized fibrous malachite.

The specimen was acquired in 1980; Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens #1730.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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