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Plancheite

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Description
Locality: 
M'Sesa Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

Typical M'sesa specimen featuring a regular aggregate of light blue acicular plancheite forming a continuous layer of fibrous crystals. Minor crystallized malachite and baryte are also present.

Collected before 1968 by Martíal Borzee, a Belgian colonist to Congo. Ex. Martíal Borzee specimen.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Plancheite

Formula: 
Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DB.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Sanda carriere (Sanda quarry; Sanda Mine), Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

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