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Shattuckite : Cu5[(OH)2|(SiO3)4], Plancheite : Cu8[(OH)4|Si8O22] · H2O, Bisbeeite : (Cu,Mg)SiO3·nH2O

Malpaso Quarry, Dumesnil, Córdoba, Argentina

Size: 6.3 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm.
 © JCLodovichiPhoto ID: 53319    View Count: 427

Shattuckite : Cu5[(OH)2|(SiO3)4]

Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Width of field 4 cm. Collection of and photo by Jesse Crawford. Compositing program CombineZP. Equipment Nikon D-100 digital camera on a homemade microscope.
 © 2008 Jesse CrawfordPhoto ID: 198942    View Count: 74

Shattuckite : Cu5[(OH)2|(SiO3)4], Dioptase : Cu6(Si6O18)·6H2O

Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Indigo blue shattuckite crystals in radial aggregates to 8 mm across in paragenesis with dark green dioptase to 10 mm
Photo and collection Antonio Borrelli
 © Antonio BorrelliPhoto ID: 42130    View Count: 555

Shattuckite : Cu5[(OH)2|(SiO3)4], Cuprite : Cu2O

M'sesa deposit, Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

1.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm. Shattuckite is normally found as crusts or small acicular radiating sprays. I hear that once, in the early 1980s, they found a pocket of these amazing pseudomorphs after cuprite. I have seen 3 of them in my lifetime, only. This is the largest and sharpest by far of those. To find such a large shattuckite in the form of a ...
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 262519    View Count: 23

Shattuckite : Cu5[(OH)2|(SiO3)4], Heterogenite : CoO(OH)

Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

A 2.8 by 2.5 cms mass of light blue acicular crystals on which are small black balls of Heterogenite. JSS specimen and photo.
 © JSSPhoto ID: 218919    View Count: 50

Shattuckite : Cu5[(OH)2|(SiO3)4], Dioptase : Cu6(Si6O18)·6H2O

Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

A 2.6 by 2.5 cms mass of green crystals of Dioptase on very light blue botryoidal Shattuckite. JSS specimen and photo.
 © JSSPhoto ID: 218916    View Count: 44

Shattuckite : Cu5[(OH)2|(SiO3)4], Dioptase : Cu6(Si6O18)·6H2O

Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

14 mm wide FOV. Blue shattuckite and green dioptase on matrix. RFC C1782.
 © Michael C. RoarkePhoto ID: 109593    View Count: 222

Shattuckite : Cu5[(OH)2|(SiO3)4]

Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Sharp and intensely colorful pseudomorph of shattuckite after cuprite. Approx 2cm.
 © Jasun McAvoyPhoto ID: 153565    View Count: 183

Shattuckite : Cu5[(OH)2|(SiO3)4]

Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Field of view 4 mm.
Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.
 © Leon HupperichsPhoto ID: 132879    View Count: 142

Shattuckite : Cu5[(OH)2|(SiO3)4]

Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Field of view 4 mm.
Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.
 © Leon HupperichsPhoto ID: 132880    View Count: 126
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