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Buttgenbachite

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Description
Locality: 
Likasi Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

From the type locality, these are old pieces of royal blue prismatic buttgenbachite crystals, some terminated.

Acquired in 1975, it is from the collection of Georges Vanacker*, in a box with label.

*Vanackerite from Tsumeb was named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Buttgenbachite

Formula: 
Cu19(NO3)2(OH)32Cl4·2H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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