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Cuprite with Chrysocolla and Malachite from Mashamba West Mine, 13 km west of Kolwezi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

 
Cuprite with Chrysocolla and Malachite from Mashamba West Mine, 13 km west of Kolwezi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cuprite with Chrysocolla and Malachite from Mashamba West Mine, 13 km west of Kolwezi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cuprite with Chrysocolla and Malachite from Mashamba West Mine, 13 km west of Kolwezi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cuprite with Chrysocolla and Malachite from Mashamba West Mine, 13 km west of Kolwezi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

DESCRIPTION:No. 90197
Mineral:Cuprite with Chrysocolla and Malachite
Locality:Mashamba West Mine, 13 km west of Kolwezi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Description:Lustrous translucent red-black cuprite crystals to 10 mm in a 13 mm group of parallel octahedral crystals surrounded by pale blue-green chrysocolla and green malachite microcrystals over colorless calcite.
Overall Size:5.5x4.5x4 cm
Crystals:micro to 10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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