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Cornetite with Pseudomalachite from L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Cornetite)

 
Cornetite with Pseudomalachite from L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Cornetite)

Cornetite with Pseudomalachite from L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Cornetite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 53447
Mineral:Cornetite with Pseudomalachite
Locality:L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Cornetite)
Description:Lustrous transparent blue cornetite crystals to 1 mm with translucent green spherical pseudomalachite crystals to 0.5 mm on chrysocolla crusts on one face of matrix. The crystals look beautiful when viewed under magnification.
Overall Size:20x11x11 mm
Crystals:0.1-1.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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