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Cornetite

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Cornetite

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Locality: 
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

A large, fantastic specimen featuring a matrix completely filled with blue, bright cornetite crystals and some malachite spots

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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)...