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<h2 id="appearance">Appearance</h2> <p>Libethenite almost always takes the form of dark-green <a href="/facts/Orthorhombic/3zo4F8P0">orthorhombic</a> crystals.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> It is often found in clusters with other libethenite crystals. </p> <h2 id="formation">Formation</h2> <p>Libethenite is found in the <a href="/facts/Oxidized_zone/hAmPJD6D">oxidized zone</a> of copper ore deposits.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> It is most often formed from the weathering of phosphate rocks such as <a href="/facts/Apatite/f5tYvl1n">apatite</a>, <a href="/facts/Monazite/an71GkIH">monazite</a>, and <a href="/facts/Xenotime/VBnE9yjI">xenotime</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> There have been no confirmed findings of primary libethenite, although a probable case has been reported.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Libethenite. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>http://webmineral.com/data/Libethenite.shtml Webmineral <a href="http://webmineral.com/data/Libethenite.shtml" target="_blank">http://webmineral.com/data/Libethenite.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html Mindat <a href="http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html" target="_blank">http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html Mindat <a href="http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html" target="_blank">http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>http://webmineral.com/data/Libethenite.shtml Webmineral <a href="http://webmineral.com/data/Libethenite.shtml" target="_blank">http://webmineral.com/data/Libethenite.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html Mindat <a href="http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html" target="_blank">http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html Mindat <a href="http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html" target="_blank">http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html Mindat <a href="http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html" target="_blank">http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html Mindat <a href="http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html" target="_blank">http://www.mindat.org/min-2394.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>