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Reichenbachite & Cornetite

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Reichenbachite & Cornetite

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Mine, Springbok, Okiep, Namakwa District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm
Description

Very nice specimen of very rare, dark green Reichenbachite with dark blue Cornetite on matrix from rarely seen locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Reichenbachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Point 8.0, Borstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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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