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Libethenite

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Libethenite

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Description
Locality: 
Miguel Vacas Mine, Conceição, Vila Viçosa, Évora District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 4.6 × 2.2 cm
Description

Very nice and rich libethenite sample!!!

We can observe some unidentified greenish inclusions. Could be Mn oxydes, and the green color is due to the fact they are included in libethenite (green).

Collected: 
2008
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia