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Gysinite-(Nd)

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Gysinite-(Nd)

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Description
Locality: 
Kasompi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with some nice pink crystals of rare gysinite-Nd on matrix with minor and very tiny schuilingite-Nd prisms. Type locale for both species. Ex Bill and Anne Cook collection. 

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Gysinite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Pb(Nd,La)(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Swambo, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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