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Likasite

SEM-EDS & Raman conf no 1069

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Description
Locality: 
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1 × 0.9 cm
Description

Dark blue likasite pustules associated with bright greenish-blue rouaite on copper sulfides from the Dzhezkazgan Mine, Kazakhstan. 

Analysis no 1069 (SEM-EDS & Raman spectroscopy). 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Likasite

Formula: 
Cu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O
Strunz: 
5.ND.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Likasi Mine (Panda Mine), Likasi (Jadotville; Jadotstad), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Likasite
Analysis Report - only: Likasite
Analysis Report - only: Likasite
Analysis Report - only: Likasite