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Schuilingite-(Nd)

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Schuilingite-(Nd)

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Description
Locality: 
Kasompi Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.2 × 3 cm
Description

A good coverage of light azure-blue to dark turquoise-blue crystals, aggregates and crystalline masses of schuilingite Nd on matrix associated with some green blocky, probably, libethenite crystals.
A very fine example of this rare lead-copper-neodymium-gadolinium-samarium-carbonate.

Mineral Data
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Schuilingite-(Nd)

Formula: 
PbCu(Nd,Gd,Sm,Y)(CO3)3(OH)·1.5H2O
Strunz: 
5.DB.20
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Swambo, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
Cartils Minerals

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