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LIBETHENITE - Ľubietová,Slovakia | TL - Type Locality | 21 x 13 x 17 mm | Box & Label | RARE

Libethenite, Slovakia, Thumbnail (1-3 cm)
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Mineral: Libethenite
Locality: Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Type locality)
Dimension (mm): 21 x 13 x 17 mm

Specimen packed in box of size 38 x 38 x 34 mm with card/label.

Description / Notes: Shiny green Libethenite crystals in matrix,box thumbnail with label

Formula:
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Colour:
Light to dark green, blackish green, olive-green; bluish green to light green in transmitted light.
Lustre:
Sub-Vitreous, Resinous, Waxy, Greasy
Hardness:
4
Specific Gravity:
3.97
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Member of:
Olivenite Group
Name:
Named in 1823 by August Breithaupt after the type locality - Ľubietová (Libethen in German, Libetbánya in Hungarian), Slovak Republic. Prior to 1919, the locality was in the territory of Hungary.
Type Locality:
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Isostructural with:
AdamiteEveite



Libethenite is a secondary copper phosphate mineral found in the oxidized zone of copper ore deposits. The phosphate is often derived from the weathering of apatite and other rock-forming phosphates such as monazite and xenotime.
A rare case of probable primary libethenite from a greisen deposit is reported by Sejkora et al. (2006).

Classification:
  • 8.Phosphates,Arsenates,Vanadates
Mineral name:
  • Libethenite
Country origine:
Slovakia
Specimen size:
Thumbnail (1-3 cm)

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