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Ludjibaite Reichenbachite & Pseudomalachite

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Ludjibaite Reichenbachite & Pseudomalachite

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Description
Locality: 
Podlipa Deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7 × 3 cm
Description

An impressive specimen from Lubietova with a rich coverage of small blue crystals and clusters of ludjibaite on dark green well-formed pseudomalachite crystals. Asociated with light green botryoidal reichenbachite. Great piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ludjibaite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Ludjiba Mts, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Reichenbachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Point 8.0, Borstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Pseudomalachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Cartils Minerals

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