AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Democratic Republic of the Congo > Curite with Torbernite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 60383 |
Mineral: | Curite with Torbernite |
Locality: | Shinkolobwe Mine, 22 km WSW of Likasi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Curite) |
Description: | Lustrous transparent red-orange acicular curite crystals with platy mica-like green torbernite crystals on a small fragment of matrix mounted in a European-style display box for easy handling. Ex. W. Keller #352; ex. Z. Gabelica. Radioactive |
Overall Size: | 12x7x5 mm |
Crystals: | micro |
Archived: | For reference only |
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