Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Group of very sharp Cuprite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with crystal forms of the octahedron and, to a lesser extent, of the cube. With finely polycrystalline striations, translucent, with an intense red color by transmitted light, on matrix partially covered by Chrysocolla, which in turn is covered by Malachite microcrystals.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Specimen size: 9 × 6.9 × 5.7 cm = 3.54” × 2.72” × 2.24”
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.55” × 0.47”
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