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Calcite with Dioptase and Plancheite from Kolwezi Mining District, 240 km WNW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

 
Calcite with Dioptase and Plancheite from Kolwezi Mining District, 240 km WNW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Calcite with Dioptase and Plancheite from Kolwezi Mining District, 240 km WNW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Calcite with Dioptase and Plancheite from Kolwezi Mining District, 240 km WNW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

DESCRIPTION:No. 63764
Mineral:Calcite with Dioptase and Plancheite
Locality:Kolwezi Mining District, 240 km WNW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Description:Lustrous transparent colorless calcite crystals to 35 mm with deep-green dioptase crystals to 4 mm and pale-blue plancheite microcrystals around the perimeter. The calcite crystals have fine crystallization patterns on the surfaces.
Overall Size:6.5x4.5x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 35 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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