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Cornetite

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Cornetite

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Description
Locality: 
Manto Russo Mine, Mantoverde, El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 2 cm
Description

Small cornetite crystals that stand for really intense brightness. The sample was collected more than 25 years ago.

Mineral Data
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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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