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Veszelyite

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Veszelyite

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Description
Locality: 
Kipushi Mine, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Not many veszelyite crystals from Kipushi have survived the mining activity and are extremely infrequent in the market. This one is small but a sharp representative crystal and with an outstanding blue colour, lustre and definition.

Ex. Achiel Moors specimen, a Belgian colonist in the D.R.Congo from 1957 to 1972.

Mineral Data
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Veszelyite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.30
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Ocna de Fier (Vaskö-Moraviţa; Vaskö-Moravicza; Eisenstein), Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania

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