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Cuprite (cubo-octahedral crystals), Malachite, Calcite from Dikuluwe Mine, 155 WNW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

 
Cuprite (cubo-octahedral crystals), Malachite, Calcite from Dikuluwe Mine, 155 WNW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cuprite (cubo-octahedral crystals), Malachite, Calcite from Dikuluwe Mine, 155 WNW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

DESCRIPTION:No. 32534
Mineral:Cuprite (cubo-octahedral crystals), Malachite, Calcite
Locality:Dikuluwe Mine, 155 WNW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Description:Translucent dark red cuprite crystals up to 7 mm with fibrous green malachite crystals up to 1 mm on colorless calcite crystals up to 2 mm. The cuprite crystals are cubo-octahedral form, a combination of cubic and octahedral form.
Overall Size:3.5x3x1.5 cm
Crystals:1-7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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