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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 54532
Mineral:Cornetite, Malachite, Chrysocolla
Locality:L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Cornetite)
Description:Sparkling vivid-blue cornetite microcrystals over a blue-green chrysocolla layer coating blocky brown matrix with acicular transparent green malachite crystals to 1 mm in crevices. The cornetite crystals look beautiful when viewed under magnification.
Overall Size:9.5x5x5 cm
Crystals:0.1-1.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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