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Hydropyrochlore

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Hydropyrochlore

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Description
Locality: 
Bingo Carbonatite, North Kivu, DR Congo
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm
Description

A single crystal of hydropyrochlore from a rarely seen Congolese locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Hydropyrochlore

Formula: 
(H2O,□)2Nb2(O,OH)6(H2O)
Strunz: 
4.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Lueshe Mine, Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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