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Heterogenite is a natural tri-valent cobalt oxyhydroxide mineral. It is the most abundant oxidised cobalt mineral in the Katanga Copperbelt, a region in the ...
Heterogenite is commonly referred in mineralogy literature as a cobalt oxy-hydroxide CoO(OH). However, detailed analysis of Raman and infrared spectra

Heterogenite

Heterogenite is a natural tri-valent cobalt oxyhydroxide mineral. It is the most abundant oxidised cobalt mineral in the Katanga Copperbelt, a region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. About 70% of known heterogenite is located in the DRC. Wikipedia
Formula (repeating unit): CoO(OH)
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A weathering product of smaltite, an alteration product of linnaeite, and widespread in residual soils above ultramafic rocks. Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: ...
Heterogenite (CoOOH) is the most abundant cobalt oxide mineral in the Katanga Copperbelt, which hosts around half of the world's known reserves of mineable ...
Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Mineral Data. CoO(OH). Strunz: 4.FE.20. Physical Properties. Crystal System:.
Heterogenite - For an all black specimen, this one is very beautiful in its own right. It is botryoidal, shiny and smooth. Quite nice.
From the Greek for "of another kind", as differing in composition from similar minerals. 3R polytype. Help on Name Pronunciation: Name Pronunciation: ...
2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1. Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group: 32/mor 6/m2/m2/m. Crystals very rare, hexagonal,.
Heterogenite - Light weight mass of bubbly looking black to deep blue botryoidal Heterogenite. . This and many more mineral specimens are available for sale ...
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Heterogenite. specimen number: 3772964. location: Tsumeb mine, Otjikoto, Namibia. description: Neat lustrous parallel grouping of stalactitic heterogenite.