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Hemimorphite Kipushite & Zincolibethenite

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Hemimorphite Kipushite & Zincolibethenite

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Description
Locality: 
Palabanda Quarries, M'fouati, Bouenza Department, Congo (Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3.6 × 2 cm
Description

Beautiful specimen of light green-blue to blue Hemimorphite colored with  very rare Kipushite with some very rare, green spheroidal Zincolibethenite on matrix. From recent finds. From analysed matrial!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hemimorphite

Formula: 
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BD.10
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Băiţa Mining District (Baita Bihor; Rézbánya), Nucet, Bihor Co., Romania

Kipushite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)5Zn(PO4)2(OH)6·H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.35
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Kipushi Mine (Prince Léopold Mine), Kipushi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Zincolibethenite

Formula: 
CuZn(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Broken Hill), Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia

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