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Buttgenbachite & Cuprite

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Buttgenbachite & Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Tenke-Fungurume Area, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

Specimen of lustrous ruby-red crystallized cuprite with gemmy cubic crystals with the cavities filled by acicular royal blue buttgenbachite crystals and light blue chrysocolla.

Representative specimen of this recently found pieces (2019) at the Tenke-Fungurume area.

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)

Cuprite

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

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