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Kolwezite & Shattuckite

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Kolwezite & Shattuckite

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Description
Locality: 
Tenke-Fungurume Area, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.1 × 0.6 cm
Weight: 
2.80gr
Description

An unusual specimen from finds in early 2023, there is a deposit of olive-coloured kolwesite which has been deposited onto a matrix of Shattuckite with Plancheite, the Shattuckite is cast-like and 'studded with kolwesite'.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kolwezite

Formula: 
(Cu,Co)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Shattuckite

Formula: 
Cu5(Si2O6)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DB.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Shattuck Mine (Shattuck-Denn Mine; Shattuck-Arizona Mine; Denn Mine), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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