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Shattuckite Psm Cuprite

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Shattuckite Psm Cuprite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm
Description

Unusually lustrous, well-formed octahedral crystals of cuprite that have been completely replaced by dark blue shattukite (and minor light blue chrysocolla).

A nice pseudomorph, acquired in 1987 by Dr. Gerard Vogel.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Shattuckite

Formula: 
Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DB.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Shattuck Mine (Shattuck-Denn Mine; Shattuck-Arizona Mine; Denn Mine), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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