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Plancheite Brochantite & Malachite

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Plancheite Brochantite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Lualaba, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 9.8 × 6.8 cm
Description

Nice specimen of plancheite in acicular crystals single or reunited in balls and rosette associated with a myriad of sparkling dark green brochantite crystals and malachite in green balls

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plancheite

Formula: 
Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DB.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Sanda carriere (Sanda quarry; Sanda Mine), Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

Brochantite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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