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Likasite

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Description
Locality: 
Sitio do Cobre Mine, Vila Velha de Ródão, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Fantastic group of intense blue likasite crystals!

New find from the slag dumps at Sitio do Cobre!

Extremelly rare, only 2 samples were found, analyzed by EDS and Raman.

Collected: 
2021
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Likasite

Formula: 
Cu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O
Strunz: 
5.ND.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)