LIBETHENITE
Cu₂PO₄(OH)
Rokana mine, Kitwe, Zambia

Libethenite typically occurs in microscopic olive-green crystals. A 1975 discovery at the Rokana mine in Zambia's copperbelt yielded the largest and finest crystals ever found.

Size: crystal 1.5 cm across

Acquired: 1987 purchase, Chromy Fund.

Disposition: On display in the Systematic Mineralogy exhibit.

Catalog Number: 25297