[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"minerals:one:2451":3},{"id":4,"longid":5,"guid":6,"name":7,"shortcode_ima":8,"entrytype":9,"entrytype_text":10,"varietyof":11,"synid":11,"polytypeof":11,"groupid":11,"weighting":12,"nolocadd":13,"blacklisted":13,"mindat_formula":14,"mindat_formula_note":11,"ima_formula":14,"elements":15,"sigelements":20,"key_elements":21,"impurities":11,"cim":22,"ima_status":23,"ima_notes":11,"ima_history":25,"approval_year":26,"publication_year":27,"discovery_year":28,"strunz10ed1":29,"strunz10ed2":30,"strunz10ed3":31,"strunz10ed4":32,"dana8ed1":33,"dana8ed2":34,"dana8ed3":35,"dana8ed4":35,"csystem":36,"cclass":37,"spacegroup":37,"spacegroupset":38,"a":39,"b":40,"c":41,"alpha":42,"beta":43,"gamma":44,"aerror":11,"berror":11,"cerror":11,"alphaerror":11,"betaerror":11,"gammaerror":11,"va3":11,"z":11,"csmetamict":13,"commentcrystal":11,"twinning":45,"tranglide":11,"parting":11,"epitaxidescription":11,"morphology":46,"tlform":47,"hmin":11,"hmax":11,"hardtype":11,"vhnmin":38,"vhnmax":38,"vhnerror":11,"vhng":11,"vhns":11,"commenthard":11,"dmeas":38,"dmeas2":38,"dcalc":48,"dmeaserror":11,"dcalcerror":11,"commentdense":11,"lustre":49,"lustretype":49,"commentluster":11,"diapheny":50,"streak":51,"colour":52,"commentcolor":11,"colors":53,"streak_colors":57,"luminescence":11,"uv":11,"cleavage":11,"cleavagetype":11,"fracturetype":58,"tenacity":11,"commentbreak":11,"opticaltype":59,"opticalsign":60,"opticalalpha":61,"opticalalpha2":38,"opticalalphaerror":11,"opticalbeta":38,"opticalbeta2":38,"opticalbetaerror":11,"opticalgamma":62,"opticalgamma2":38,"opticalgammaerror":11,"opticalomega":38,"opticalomega2":38,"opticalomegaerror":11,"opticalepsilon":38,"opticalepsilon2":38,"opticalepsilonerror":11,"opticaln":38,"opticaln2":38,"opticalnerror":11,"optical2vcalc":38,"optical2vcalc2":38,"optical2vcalcerror":11,"optical2vmeasured":38,"optical2vmeasured2":38,"optical2vmeasurederror":11,"rimin":63,"rimax":64,"opticaldispersion":65,"opticalpleochroism":11,"opticalpleochorismdesc":11,"opticalbirefringence":11,"opticalcomments":11,"opticalcolour":11,"opticalinternal":11,"opticaltropic":11,"opticalanisotropism":11,"opticalbireflectance":11,"opticalextinction":11,"opticalr":11,"specdispm":11,"ir":11,"electrical":11,"magnetism":11,"thermalbehaviour":11,"other":11,"industrial":11,"occurrence":11,"otheroccurrence":11,"type_specimen_store":66,"description_short":67,"aboutname":68,"rock_parent":11,"rock_parent2":11,"rock_root":9,"rock_bgs_code":11,"meteoritical_code":11,"updttime":69,"reviewed_at":11,"variety_of":11,"varieties":70,"group_members":71,"associates":72,"confused_with":73,"type_localities":89,"occurrence_total":96,"citations":97,"images":155,"structures":190,"synonyms":197,"language_names":199,"wikidata_qid":220,"texts":221},2451,"1:1:2451:4","f19db0e3-9b2f-45b3-a3e0-643ee045a38b","Ludjibaite","Ldj",0,"mineral",null,542,false,"Cu\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>",[16,17,18,19],"Cu","O","P","H",[16,17,18,19],[16],"19.2.4",[24],"APPROVED","IMA1987-009",1987,1988,"1987","8","B","D","25","41","4","3","Triclinic",2,"0","4.44","5.87","8.68","103.9","90.3","93.2","On {011}.","As bladed crystals, flattened on {011}.","Aggregates of blades","4.36","Vitreous","Translucent,Opaque","Pale blue to white","Blue-green",[54,55,56],"blue","green","white",[54,56],"Irregular\u002FUneven","Biaxial","+\u002F-","1.786","1.84",1.786,1.84,"extreme","Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, RMG4445.\r\nBelgian Royal Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, RC3514.","It may overgrow pseudomalachite (which is usually darker then) or may be intergrown with the latter.","Named for the type locality, the Ludjiba deposit, near the Ludjiba River, Democratic Republic of the Congo.","2026-05-24 15:30:27",[],[],[],[74,83],{"id":75,"name":76,"entrytype":9,"csystem":77,"ima_formula":14,"mindat_formula":14,"hmin":78,"hmax":79,"dmeas":80,"dcalc":81,"primary_image_id":82},3299,"Pseudomalachite","Monoclinic",4,4.5,"3.6","3.95",20110,{"id":84,"name":85,"entrytype":9,"csystem":77,"ima_formula":14,"mindat_formula":14,"hmin":86,"hmax":86,"dmeas":38,"dcalc":87,"primary_image_id":88},3385,"Reichenbachite",3.5,"4.35",20697,[90],{"id":91,"txt":92,"latitude":93,"longitude":94,"country":95},25135,"Ludjiba prospect, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo",-10.9702,26.55717,"DR Congo",20,[98,102,106,109,113,118,122,127,131,136,141,146,150],{"id":99,"year":100,"html":101,"doi":11},527564,1981,"Shoemaker, Gerald L., Anderson, James B., Kostiner, Edward (1981) The crystal structure of a third polymorph of Cu\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  66 (1-2) 169-175 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM66\u002FAM66_169.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":103,"year":27,"html":104,"doi":105},403915,"Piret, Paul, Deliens, Michel (1988) Description de la ludjibaïte, un polymorphe de la pseudomalachite, Cu\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>. \u003Ci>Bulletin de Minéralogie\u003C\u002Fi>,  111 (2) 167-171 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3406\u002Fbulmi.1988.8081'>doi:10.3406\u002Fbulmi.1988.8081\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3406\u002Fbulmi.1988.8081",{"id":107,"year":27,"html":108,"doi":11},528598,"Jambor, John L., Ercit, Ernst A. J. Burke T. Scott, Grice, Joel D. (1988) New Mineral Names. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  73 (11-12) 1492-1499 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM73\u002FAM73_1492.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":110,"year":111,"html":112,"doi":11},17056512,1991,"Hyršl, J. (1991) Three polymorphs of Cu\u003Csub>5\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(OH)\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub> from Ľubietová, Czechoslovakia. \u003Ci>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte\u003C\u002Fi>,  1991 (6) 281-287",{"id":114,"year":115,"html":116,"doi":117},2421918,2002,"Frost, Ray L., Williams, Peter A., Martens, Wayde, Kloprogge, J. Theo, Leverett, Peter (2002) Raman spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals cornetite, libethenite, pseudomalachite, reichenbachite and ludjibaite. \u003Ci>Journal of Raman Spectroscopy\u003C\u002Fi>, 33 (4). 260-263 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1002\u002Fjrs.850'>doi:10.1002\u002Fjrs.850\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1002\u002Fjrs.850",{"id":119,"year":115,"html":120,"doi":121},16386499,"Frost, Ray L, Kloprogge, Theo, Williams, Peter A, Martens, Wayde, Johnson, Therese E, Leverett, Peter (2002) Vibrational spectroscopy of the basic copper phosphate minerals: pseudomalachite, ludjibaite and reichenbachite. \u003Ci>Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy\u003C\u002Fi>, 58 (13) 2861-2868 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fs1386-1425(02)00034-3'>doi:10.1016\u002Fs1386-1425(02)00034-3\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fs1386-1425(02)00034-3",{"id":123,"year":124,"html":125,"doi":126},149472,2003,"Martens, Wayde N., Frost, Ray L., Williams, Peter A. (2003) The basic copper phosphate minerals pseudomalachite, ludjibaite and reichenbachite: an infrared emission and Raman spectroscopic study. \u003Ci>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Monatshefte\u003C\u002Fi>,  2003 (8) 337-362 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002F0028-3649\u002F2003\u002F2003-0337'>doi:10.1127\u002F0028-3649\u002F2003\u002F2003-0337\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002F0028-3649\u002F2003\u002F2003-0337",{"id":128,"year":129,"html":130,"doi":11},16965673,2005,"(2005) Ludjibaite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fludjibaite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":132,"year":133,"html":134,"doi":135},16395602,2014,"Kharbish, Sherif, Andráš, Peter, Luptáková, Jarmila, Milovská, Stanislava (2014) Raman spectra of oriented and non-oriented Cu hydroxy-phosphate minerals: Libethenite, cornetite, pseudomalachite, reichenbachite and ludjibaite. \u003Ci>Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy\u003C\u002Fi>, 130. 152-163 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2014.01.144'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2014.01.144\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.saa.2014.01.144",{"id":137,"year":138,"html":139,"doi":140},16115615,2016,"Krivovichev, Sergey V., Zolotarev, Andrey A., Popova, Valentina I. (2016) Hydrogen bonding and structural complexity in the Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 polymorphs (pseudomalachite, ludjibaite, reichenbachite): combined experimental and theoretical study. \u003Ci>Structural Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  27 (6). 1715-1723 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs11224-016-0820-z'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs11224-016-0820-z\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs11224-016-0820-z",{"id":142,"year":143,"html":144,"doi":145},65589,2019,"Makovicky, Emil (2019) The pseudomalachite-ludjibaite-reichenbachite conundrum: OD description. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  57 (5) 571-581 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1900016'>doi:10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1900016\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3749\u002Fcanmin.1900016",{"id":147,"year":148,"html":149,"doi":11},16115617,2020,"virtualcollections.naturalsciences.be (n.d.) \u003Ca target='_blank' rel='nofollow' href='http:\u002F\u002Fvirtualcollections.naturalsciences.be\u002Fvirtual-collections\u002Fgeology\u002Fmineralogy\u002Fmineralogy-types\u002Fludjibaite-rc3514'>http:\u002F\u002Fvirtualcollections.naturalsciences.be\u002Fvirtual-collections\u002Fgeology\u002Fmineralogy\u002Fmineralogy-types\u002Fludjibaite-rc3514\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":151,"year":152,"html":153,"doi":154},16693228,2023,"Majzlan, J., Števko, M., Plášil, J., Sejkora, J., Dachs, E. (2023) Thermodynamics of the Cu, Zn, and Cu-Zn phases: zincolivenite, adamite, olivenite, ludjibaite, strashimirite, and slavkovite. \u003Ci>Journal of GEOsciences\u003C\u002Fi>,  68 (1) 67-80 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3190\u002Fjgeosci.367'>doi:10.3190\u002Fjgeosci.367\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.jgeosci.org\u002Fcontent\u002Fjgeosci.367_Majzlan.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3190\u002Fjgeosci.367",[156,166,174,181],{"id":157,"source_url":158,"license_code":159,"credit_html":160,"title":161,"description":162,"author":163,"original_width":164,"original_height":165},14832,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153221","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153221\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Ludjibaite-rad08-11b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLudjibaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ludjibaite\">Ludjibaite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Ludjiba Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShinkolobwe\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shinkolobwe\">Shinkolobwe\u003C\u002Fa>, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-25135.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.6 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Ludjibaite is a rare copper phosphate. This specimen is fairly rich in the material with bright microcrystalline growth over its surface. The more blue-green crystals are the ludjibaite. This is rare type-locality material.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",483,403,{"id":167,"source_url":168,"license_code":159,"credit_html":169,"title":170,"description":171,"author":163,"original_width":172,"original_height":173},14833,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457472","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457472\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Ludjibaite-rad08-11a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLudjibaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ludjibaite\">Ludjibaite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Ludjiba Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShinkolobwe\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shinkolobwe\">Shinkolobwe\u003C\u002Fa>, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKatanga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Katanga\">Katanga (Shaba)\u003C\u002Fa>, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-25135.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 3.6 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Ludjibaite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Ludjibaite is a rare copper phosphate, that is NOT radioactive but occurs rarely in this suite of species here. This specimen, though small, could be considered fairly rich in the material with bright microcrystalline growth over its surface. The more blue-green crystals are the ludjibaite. This is rare type-locality material.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",800,350,{"id":175,"source_url":176,"license_code":159,"credit_html":177,"title":178,"description":171,"author":163,"original_width":179,"original_height":180},14834,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457474","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457474\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Ludjibaite-rad08-11c.jpg",397,382,{"id":182,"source_url":183,"license_code":159,"credit_html":184,"title":185,"description":186,"author":187,"original_width":188,"original_height":189},14835,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866279","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866279\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Ludjibaite-99355.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLudjibaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ludjibaite\">Ludjibaite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Podlipa and Reinera Mines, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen) ore belt, Western Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBansk%C3%A1_Bystrica_Region\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Banská Bystrica Region\">Banská Bystrica Region\u003C\u002Fa>, Slovakia (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3054.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Bluish green spheres and crust of Ludjibaite. Field of view 4 mm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Leon Hupperichs",781,584,[191],{"id":192,"url":193,"label":194,"formula":195,"spacegroup":196,"year":100},7898,"\u002Fcif\u002F7898.cif","Shoemaker 1981","Cu5 P2 O12 H4","P -1",[25,198],"Ludjibaiet",[200,204,209,213,216],{"lang":201,"names":202},"ca",[203],"ludjibaïta",{"lang":205,"names":206},"de",[207,208],"IMA 1987-009","Ludjibait",{"lang":210,"names":211},"eu",[212],"Ludjibaita",{"lang":214,"names":215},"it",[7],{"lang":217,"names":218},"pt",[25,219],"Ludjibaíta","Q3839060",{"history":11,"applications":11}]