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Veszelyite With Kipushite & Hemimorphite

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Veszelyite With Kipushite & Hemimorphite

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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: 
4.6 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
13.00gr
Description

From the recent find in Congo, here comes a very rich thumbnail of deep blue, very lustrous veszelyite crystals of great quality. In most cases, veszelyite is grown on the blue hemimorphite. Locally, when the fissure was thinner and opened up, hemimorphite displays the classic radial structure. 
Striking aesthetics and color contrast for this specimen, very rich (over a dozen perfect crystals) and a great subject for photomicrography. 

An excellent miniature!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Veszelyite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.30
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Ocna de Fier (Vaskö-Moraviţa; Vaskö-Moravicza; Eisenstein), Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin 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)

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

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