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Diamond (5.71 carat pale-yellow interpenetrant-twinned cubic crystals) from Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), 300 km east of Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

DESCRIPTION:	No. 62153
Mineral:	Diamond (5.71 carat pale-yellow interpenetrant-twinned cubic crystals)
Locality:	Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), 300 km east of Tshikapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Description:	Large textbook-perfect interpenetrant-twinned cubic diamond crystals with many smaller parallel crystal faces on the surfaces that reflect illumination simultaneously. The diamonds are translucent pale-yellow with no dark inclusions.
Overall Size:	10x9x9 mm
Crystals:	7 mm
Archived:	For reference only

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