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Julienite

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Description
Locality: 
Shamitumba, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.3 cm
Description

Outstanding acicular electric blue crystals of the extremely rare mineral julienite  from the type and only known locality worldwide, the Shamitumba mine  Shinkolobwe.

According to the state of art, julienite is the only mineral species containing the thiocyanate anion !

Don't miss the opportunity to get this very sought after mineral very rarely seen in the mineral market, even more in matrix specimens. Only one specimen available !

Firts time this mineral species is auctioned in the site !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Julienite

Formula: 
Na2[Co(SCN)4]·8H2O
Strunz: 
10.AD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Streak: 
Blue.
Type Locality: 
Shamitumba (Chamibumba), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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