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Astrocyanite-(Ce)

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Astrocyanite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Kamoto East Open Cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.9 × 2 cm
Description

Blue flattened radiating clusters of astrocyanite-(Ce) crystals from the type locality. Minor yellow undetermined species are also present.

Found before 1985. Ex Joseph Lhoest specimen.

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Mineral Data
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Astrocyanite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Cu2(Ce,Nd,La)2(UO2)(CO3)5(OH)2·1.5H2O
Strunz: 
5.EF.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Kamoto East Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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