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Rouaite - Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo (#:MINS9163)

Aggregate of thick, greenish-blue, tabular crystals of Rouaite up to 5 mm on a red cuprite matrix.

Formula :
Cu2(NO3)(OH)3

System: monoclinic Hardness:2 Rarity:rare
Strunz id:V/A.3-10 - NITRATES, CARBONATES and BORATES
Name origin: Named in 2001 by Halil Sarp, Radovan Černư, and Laure Guenee, after the principle co-type locality - old copper mines of Roua, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 5 mm
Overall size: 34mm x 24 mm x 15 mm

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Rouaite - Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo

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