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Libethenite

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Libethenite

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Description
Locality: 
Mindola Mine, Kitwe, Copper Belt Province, Zambia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

During a brief time period in the 1970's this locality produced what are easily the world's finest examples of this species. The thumbnail specimen shown here is outstanding featuring two highly lustrous deep green exceptionally sharp and undamaged libethenite crystals measuring to 2.0 cm in size

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Earthstones Australia

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