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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 76967
Mineral:Cornetite
Locality:L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga Copperbelt, Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Cornetite)
Description:Thin plate (sawn flat on two sides) of lustrous transparent blue cornetite crystals to 2 mm on one face of matrix with minor green chrysocolla and pseudomalachite. The cornetite crystals look beautiful when viewed under magnification. Collected ca. 1995
Overall Size:30x28x8 mm
Crystals:0.5-2.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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