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Plancheite & Malachite

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Plancheite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 6 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

Plancheite on tabular malachite crystals on a drilling core. Katanga, Congo. Very nice specimen...

202gr

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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)

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0