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Torbernite from Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

 
Torbernite from Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Torbernite from Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Torbernite from Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Torbernite from Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

DESCRIPTION:No. 45228
Mineral:Torbernite
Locality:Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Description:Large specimen covered in several areas with platy transparent green torbernite crystals. The torbernite are thin, square-shaped, with beveled edges - textbook examples of this mineral species. Botryoidal blue-gray plancheite is mixed in. Radioactive.
Overall Size:18x12x6 cm
Crystals:1-7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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