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Sample n° 5900

Minerals found in the sample
Mineral Formula Category Subcategory Importance
LIKASITE Cu3(NO3)(OH)5•2H2O nitrates - major
CUPRITE Cu2O oxides and hydroxides - minor
MALACHITE Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 carbonates - minor
TENORITE CuO oxides and hydroxides - minor
Description
Description: aggregates of tabular likasite crystals in cuprite veins
Information: Effenberger, H., 1986. Likasite, Cu3(OH)5(NO3).2H2O : revision of the chemical formula and redetermination of the crystal structure. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1986, 101-110.
Origin
  • Country: Congo (RDC)
  • Region: Katanga
  • Locality: Likasi
Specification
  • Donors: Stradiot
    Donation year: 1955
  • Sampling year:
    Registration date:
  • Quantity: 1 + 1 box
    Size: 2
  • Dimension code 1>2>3: 2
    Quality code 1>2>3: 1
  • Holotype: no
    Paratype: no
    Radioactive: no
  • Thin section: no
    Chemical analysis: no
    X-Ray spectra: yes
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