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Cornetite with Malachite from L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Cornetite)

 
Cornetite with Malachite from L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Cornetite)

Cornetite with Malachite from L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Cornetite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 51731
Mineral:Cornetite with Malachite
Locality:L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Cornetite)
Description:Rich specimen with lustrous transparent blue cornetite crystals to 0.2 mm completely coating the surfaces of dark-gray matrix with scattered transparent green microcrystals to 0.1 mm. The cornetite crystals look beautiful when viewed under magnification.
Overall Size:5x2x2 cm
Crystals:0.05-0.20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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