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Cornetite

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Description
Locality: 
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 8.8 × 5.7 cm
Description

Dark blue cornetite crystals richly covering chrysoclla and a red chert matrix. This locality was originally known as L'Etoile du Congo mine in Elizabethville.

An interesting and pretty specimen.

Mineral Data
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Cornetite

Formula: 
Cu3(PO4)(OH)3
Strunz: 
8.BE.15
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)...
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