AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Democratic Republic of the Congo > Diamond (9.76 carat three intergrown green-gray cubo-octahedral crystals) |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 42612 |
Mineral: | Diamond (9.76 carat three intergrown green-gray cubo-octahedral crystals) |
Locality: | Bakwanga Mine, Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Description: | Translucent greenish-gray natural diamond crystals with finely textured crystal surfaces composed of microscopic cubic crystals faces in parallel orientation. This specimen is actually three intergrown cubo-octahedral crystals with dodecahedral edge face |
Overall Size: | 12x11x10 mm |
Crystals: | 9 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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