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Gerhardtite With Rouaite Atacamite Malachite & Cuprite

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Locality: 
Tenke Deposit, Tenke-Fungurume, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Mixed Specimens
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
8.9 × 10.5 × 6 cm
Weight: 
803.00gr
Description

Around two years ago, a world-class find of rare copper nitrate minerals including gerhardtite, rouaite, buttgenbachite, and likasite was made at the Tenke Copper mine in the Tenke-Fungurume District, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This small find yielded the best-even specimens of these very rare minerals by an order of magnitude, and I am pleased to have recently acquired some very nice and fairly inexpensive examples of this important find.
This large specimen features fairly abundant vivid blue-green gerhardtite with minor altered blue buttgenbachite and possible likasite? (azurite-blue mineral) in massive red cuprite matrix. A very nice and quite rich example of these very rare minerals!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gerhardtite

Formula: 
Cu2(NO3)(OH)3
Strunz: 
5.NB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
United Verde Mine (The Big Hole; Big Hole property; Hull Mine; Hopewell tunnel; Patented claim 3480; Patented claim 2812; Patented claims 3348), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Rouaite

Formula: 
Cu2(NO3)(OH)3
Strunz: 
5.NB.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

Atacamite

Formula: 
Cu2(OH)3Cl
Strunz: 
3.DA.10a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Atacama Region, Chile

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Cuprite

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

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