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Chrysocolla Psm Plancheite

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Chrysocolla Psm Plancheite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm
Weight: 
15.00gr
Description

A colorful pseudomorph/epimorph of chrysocolla after plancheite.

The spikes protruding from the main specimen are gossan horns covered by plancheite, then pseudomorphed.

First shown in Saint Marie-aux-Mines in June 2018, these pseudomorphs hit the market with their color and elegance. Among the best of its type, this very specimen impressed me - as a collector of pseudomorphs.

Quite colorful and in excellent conditions. It is among the most striking pseudos I have come across in the last years, when it comes to color.

From a one-off limited load.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

Plancheite

Formula: 
Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DB.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Sanda carriere (Sanda quarry; Sanda Mine), Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

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