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Cuprite with Malachite on Chrysocolla from Kambove Mining District, 130 km NW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

 
Cuprite with Malachite on Chrysocolla from Kambove Mining District, 130 km NW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cuprite with Malachite on Chrysocolla from Kambove Mining District, 130 km NW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cuprite with Malachite on Chrysocolla from Kambove Mining District, 130 km NW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cuprite with Malachite on Chrysocolla from Kambove Mining District, 130 km NW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cuprite with Malachite on Chrysocolla from Kambove Mining District, 130 km NW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cuprite with Malachite on Chrysocolla from Kambove Mining District, 130 km NW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cuprite with Malachite on Chrysocolla from Kambove Mining District, 130 km NW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

DESCRIPTION:No. 69265
Mineral:Cuprite with Malachite on Chrysocolla
Locality:Kambove Mining District, 130 km NW of Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Description:Lustrous metallic-looking translucent dark-red octahedral cuprite crystals to 12 mm in a blue chrysocolla-lined cavity with two 7 mm sprays of fibrous green malachite crystals with chatoyant luster. The cuprite crystals show good translucency. Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and II)
Overall Size:6x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:1-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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