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Rouaite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Tenke Deposit, Tenke-Fungurume, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm
Description

Outstanding blue rouaite crystals from a very limited new find in Tenke-Fungureme mine, Likasi. The crystals grow on a matrix of cuprite.

Rouaite is an extremely copper nitrate rare mineral only found in a few localities worldwide.

EDS and XRD analyzed.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rouaite

Formula: 
Cu2(NO3)(OH)3
Strunz: 
5.NB.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

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