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Buttgenbachite

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Description
Locality: 
Likasi Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm
Description

From the type locality, these are old pieces of royal blue prismatic buttgenbachite crystals, some terminated. Acquired in 1975, it is from the collection of Georges Vanacker*, in a box with label.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

 

*Vanackerite from Tsumeb was named after him.

Mineral Data
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Buttgenbachite

Formula: 
Cu19(NO3)2(OH)32Cl4·2H2O
Strunz: 
3.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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