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Rouaite Gerhardtite In Cuprite

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Rouaite Gerhardtite In Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Tenke-Fungurume Area, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Beautiful gemmy and complete blueish-green crystal of rouaite-gerhardtite in a bright matrix of ligth blue chrysocolla, red cuprite and minor native copper. Representative specimen of this recently found pieces (2019) at the Tenke-Fungurume area.

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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

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