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Name: Kolwezite
Kwz
IMA Chemistry: CuCo(CO3)(OH)2
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Kolwezite contains elements:
Copper (Cu)
Cobalt (Co)
Carbon (C)
Oxygen (O)
Hydrogen (H)
Country of Type Locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year First Published: 1979
IMA Status: Approved,Renamed
Status Notes: Deliens M, Piret P (1980) La kolwézite, un hydroxycarbonate de cuivre et de cobalt analogue à la glaukosphaerite et à la rosaite, Bulletin de Minéralogie 103, 179-184 Chemical formula changed from (Cu,Co)_2_CO_3_(OH)_2_ because Cu and Co occupy distinct crystallographic sites: Perchiazzi N, Merlino S (2006) The malachite-rosasite group: crystal structures of glaukosphaerite and pokrovskite, European Journal of Mineralogy 18, 787-792
Structural Group Name: Malachite
Fleischer's Group Name:  
Crystal Systems: triclinic
Oldest Known Age: 900 Million Years Ago
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