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Cuprodongchuanite & Veszelyite

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Cuprodongchuanite & Veszelyite

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Description
Locality: 
Sanguozhuang Mine, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm
Description

Blue veszeleyite with cuprodongchuanite on matrix. 

Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprodongchuanite

Formula: 
Pb₄CuZn₂(PO₄)₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂
Type Locality: 
Tangdan Mine, Dongchuan Cu ore field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Veszelyite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.30
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Ocna de Fier (Vaskö-Moraviţa; Vaskö-Moravicza; Eisenstein), Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin Co., Romania