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Bisbeeite & Plancheite

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Bisbeeite & Plancheite

Ex Gibert Gauthier Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Lualaba, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 5 × 4.1 cm
Description

<p>Bright light blue acicular crystals of bisbeeite/plancheite&nbsp; lining a shell shaped cavity in a leached gossan from the Shangulowe Mine.</p> <p>Ex&nbsp;G Gauthier Collection with label</p>

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)
Earthstones Australia

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