specimen
GERHARDTITE on CUPRITECC17600
$1,500.00
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Details
ColorsGrey
SizeSmall
Dimensions4.0 x 6.4 x 3.5 cm
Description
A rich specimen of the very rare mineral Gerhardtite, a copper nitrate hydroxide, from the Likasia Mine, Dem Rep of Congo. An excellent cleavage of Gerhardtite with some crystal faces, measuring to 1.2cm a lustrous dark emerald green in a crystal vug of Cuprite associated with pastel blue-white Chrysocolla with Malachite on a dense-crystalline Cuprite matrix. From a recent find at the mine.
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Tucson, Arizona, USA

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