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Buttgenbachite

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Description
Locality: 
Likasi Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.2 × 0.2 × 0.15 cm
Description

Outstanding specimen of  deep blue buttgenbachite crystals on a matrix of cuprite and malachite.

Buttgenbachite is a mineral rarely seen in the mineral market and when it is present, almost always is as isolated very small crystals without matrix. 

This specimen is exceptional since it is on matrix !.

Mineral Data
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Buttgenbachite

Formula: 
Cu19(NO3)2(OH)32Cl4·2H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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