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Rouaite Gerhardtite Cuprite & Copper

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Rouaite Gerhardtite Cuprite & Copper

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Description
Locality: 
Tenke-Fungurume Area, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm
Description

Beautiful blueish-green crystals of rouaite-gerhardtite in a bright matrix of red cuprite and native copper. Some areas present tabular crystals of intense royal blue colour, that could be likasite instead of usual buttgenbachite, of hairy to acicular habit. Representative specimen of this recently found pieces (2019) at the Tenke-Fungurume area.

Found in 2019.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rouaite

Formula: 
Cu2(NO3)(OH)3
Strunz: 
5.NB.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

Gerhardtite

Formula: 
Cu2(NO3)(OH)3
Strunz: 
5.NB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
United Verde Mine (The Big Hole; Big Hole property; Hull Mine; Hopewell tunnel; Patented claim 3480; Patented claim 2812; Patented claims 3348), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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