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Gerhardtite & Rouaite

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Gerhardtite & Rouaite

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Description
Locality: 
Tenke Deposit, Tenke-Fungurume, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 1.4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Blue cleavages of intergrown gerhardtite and rouaite in cuprite matrix, from the famous recenet finds.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gerhardtite

Formula: 
Cu2(NO3)(OH)3
Strunz: 
5.NB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
United Verde Mine (The Big Hole; Big Hole property; Hull Mine; Hopewell tunnel; Patented claim 3480; Patented claim 2812; Patented claims 3348), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

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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