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Plancheite

Rare Mineral
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Renéville Mine, Kindamba District, Pool Region, Congo (Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm
Description

Several spheroidal aggregates of fibrous Plancheite crystals perched on matrix. The Plancheite is typically developed, silky lustrous and has a deep mint green colour. A good piece.

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)
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