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Diamond (5.71 carat pale-yellow interpenetrant-twinned cubic crystals) from Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), 300 km east of Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

 
Diamond (5.71 carat pale-yellow interpenetrant-twinned cubic crystals) from Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), 300 km east of Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diamond (5.71 carat pale-yellow interpenetrant-twinned cubic crystals) from Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), 300 km east of Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diamond (5.71 carat pale-yellow interpenetrant-twinned cubic crystals) from Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), 300 km east of Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diamond (5.71 carat pale-yellow interpenetrant-twinned cubic crystals) from Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), 300 km east of Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diamond (5.71 carat pale-yellow interpenetrant-twinned cubic crystals) from Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), 300 km east of Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diamond (5.71 carat pale-yellow interpenetrant-twinned cubic crystals) from Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), 300 km east of Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diamond (5.71 carat pale-yellow interpenetrant-twinned cubic crystals) from Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), 300 km east of Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

DESCRIPTION:No. 62153
Mineral:Diamond (5.71 carat pale-yellow interpenetrant-twinned cubic crystals)
Locality:Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), 300 km east of Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Description:Large textbook-perfect interpenetrant-twinned cubic diamond crystals with many smaller parallel crystal faces on the surfaces that reflect illumination simultaneously. The diamonds are translucent pale-yellow with no dark inclusions.
Overall Size:10x9x9 mm
Crystals:7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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