TPM37AP6: Centered growths of acicular Valentinite crystals, with a silky luster and white color with grey tones. On matrix with cream-colored Stibiconite. A locality from which one rarely sees specimens.
Comes from the collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon and it has a handwritten label attached to the back, somewhat damaged by the passage of time.
Djebel Senza Mine, Aïn Babouche, Oum El Bouaghi Province  Algeria

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 5.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.24” × 2.20”

EXM27AO1: Complete octahedral floater crystal of Senarmontite, with sharp crystal forms. The crystal has extraordinary dimensions, both for the species and for the deposit, the type locality for this mineral.
Djebel Hammimat Mine, Aïn Babouche, Oum El Bouaghi Province  Algeria

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 0.91” × 0.83” × 0.67”

TG66AN2: Parallel growth of two Elbaite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations, transparent, with very bright luster. The base of the prism up to the middle of the crystal is pink, displaying gradations in color tones, with the terminations being a uniform pale green.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 1.85” × 0.43” × 0.39”

TG46AN2: Elbaite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations. Transparent, very lustrous and very uniform green with bluish tones.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2021)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 2.01” × 0.43” × 0.35”

TVA96AP8: Elbaite crystal with excellent terminations, transparent, lustrous, with a color between red and pink in the prism and green in the zone of the termination.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2021)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 2.17” × 0.83” × 0.63”

TH86AN2: Elbaite crystal with very sharp crystal forms and excellent upper terminations. Transparent, very lustrous, and very uniform green with bluish tones.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 2.44” × 0.47” × 0.39”

TVA96AN2: Parallel growth of two Elbaite crystals with very sharp crystal forms, good upper terminations and a related Quartz crystal. The crystal faces are very sharp, transparent and lustrous and with the base of the prism of an intense red wine color with gradations in the color tones, and with the termination exhibiting an uniform green color.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm = 2.48” × 0.71” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 5.9 × 1 cm = 2.32” × 0.39”

TXF56AN3: Isolated doubly terminated crystal of Elbaite and clearly hemihedral, with very sharp crystal forms and excellent terminations, the upper ones with a prismatic habit and the opposite one a pedion. Transparent, very lustrous, with the base of the prism up to the middle of the crystal pink with gradations in the color tones, and the termination a pale and uniform green.
Rubaya, Bahunde, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province (Kivu)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2020)

Specimen size: 7 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 2.76” × 0.47” × 0.39”

EBB26CD6: The Dolphin. Over a small Quartz matrix, a multitude of small Malachite crystals of uniform green color, completely pseudomorph a previous crystal or crystals of Azurite and make up what looks like the shape of a dolphin or a fish, very well placed on a base (which is the Quartz matrix). Sharp and lustrous green Dioptase crystals adorn the specimen with a darker, more intense tone.
Kapata area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.80” × 1.89” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 7.1 × 2.3 cm = 2.80” × 0.91”

EAM97AP0: Pseudomorphic growth of Chrysocolla after former Baryte crystals, very evident from their very sharp shape, between tabular and lamellar, with one of them clearly dominant. Light blue in color and covered with small Quartz crystals.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2022)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.57” × 1.34” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.46” × 0.94”

EAB92AN4: Elongated botryoidal growths of Chrysocolla, with an intense and uniform bluish color, totally covered by a surface of Quartz microcrystals. They are on a matrix with Quartz crystals that cover Malachite microcrystals with a very deep and uniform green-bluish color. A particularly elegant specimen.
Tenke deposit, Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2021)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.83” × 2.68” × 1.65”

EGJ91AQ0: New at Sainte-Marie 2023
A specimen that represents, apart from its evident aesthetics and its world novelty, a complete treatise on mineralogy, starting with a cobalt-bearing Dolomite (which has since disappeared during the process), followed by successive substitutions in which more copper was added, leaving as a final result Kolwezite-Malachite in pseudomorphic shapes after crystals of the initial cobalt-bearing Dolomite, and greenish blue Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Baryte, with a stage of Malachite growth, also pseudomorphic after Baryte.
The discovery of this morphological and chemical complexity will soon be reported more extensively in an upcoming article in the French magazine Le Règne Minéral.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.89” × 1.02” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31” × 0.28”

EJC89AQ0: New at Sainte-Marie 2023
A specimen that represents, apart from its evident aesthetics and its world novelty, a complete treatise on mineralogy, starting with a cobalt-bearing Dolomite (which has since disappeared during the process), followed by successive substitutions in which more copper was added, leaving as a final result Kolwezite-Malachite in pseudomorphic shapes after crystals of the initial cobalt-bearing Dolomite, and greenish blue Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Baryte, with a stage of Malachite growth, also pseudomorphic after Baryte.
The discovery of this morphological and chemical complexity will soon be reported more extensively in an upcoming article in the French magazine Le Règne Minéral.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.7 × 2 cm = 2.68” × 2.24” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.24”

ETY26AQ0: New at Sainte-Marie 2023
A specimen that represents, apart from its evident aesthetics and its world novelty, a complete treatise on mineralogy, starting with a cobalt-bearing Dolomite (which has since disappeared during the process), followed by successive substitutions in which more copper was added, leaving as a final result Kolwezite-Malachite in pseudomorphic shapes after crystals of the initial cobalt-bearing Dolomite, and greenish blue Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Baryte, with a stage of Malachite growth, also pseudomorphic after Baryte.
The discovery of this morphological and chemical complexity will soon be reported more extensively in an upcoming article in the French magazine Le Règne Minéral.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 2.17” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

EJG13AQ0: New at Sainte-Marie 2023
A specimen that represents, apart from its evident aesthetics and its world novelty, a complete treatise on mineralogy, starting with a cobalt-bearing Dolomite (which has since disappeared during the process), followed by successive substitutions in which more copper was added, leaving as a final result Kolwezite-Malachite in pseudomorphic shapes after crystals of the initial cobalt-bearing Dolomite, and greenish blue Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Baryte, with a stage of Malachite growth, also pseudomorphic after Baryte.
The discovery of this morphological and chemical complexity will soon be reported more extensively in an upcoming article in the French magazine Le Règne Minéral.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.4 × 4.7 cm = 2.56” × 2.52” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

EJH46AQ0: New at Sainte-Marie 2023
A specimen that represents, apart from its evident aesthetics and its world novelty, a complete treatise on mineralogy, starting with a cobalt-bearing Dolomite (which has since disappeared during the process), followed by successive substitutions in which more copper was added, leaving as a final result Kolwezite-Malachite in pseudomorphic shapes after crystals of the initial cobalt-bearing Dolomite, and greenish blue Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Baryte, with a stage of Malachite growth, also pseudomorphic after Baryte.
The discovery of this morphological and chemical complexity will soon be reported more extensively in an upcoming article in the French magazine Le Règne Minéral.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.5 × 3.7 cm = 3.07” × 2.17” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

ER88AM7: Malachite microcrystals, covered by a skin of microcrystalline Quartz, lustrous and with geometric color zoning, clearer on the edges, and in turn covering a group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (12/2020)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.1 × 3 cm = 2.01” × 1.22” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.71”

ND92AK9: Tabular Baryte floater crystal with parallel growths, transparent, with very marked geometric growths, very lustrous and with an intense toasted honey color.
An excellent specimen that comes from the Carlos Prieto Paramio collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (±1990)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.8 × 1 cm = 2.56” × 2.28” × 0.39”

EB56Y6: Group, of very sharp octahedral Cuprite crystals that are extraordinarily bright and have a deep red color. On matrix with Calcite and Chrysocolla.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.26” × 0.87” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”

TBM27AO7: Very sharp and isolated Cuprite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very aerial, with the forms of the octahedron, the rhombododecahedron and the cube. Translucent, very lustrous and with a very deep red color. On matrix, with small rhombohedral Calcite crystals.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.54” × 1.06” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

TC90AJ8: Group of crystals formed by the octahedron and the dodecahedron, partially flattened and deformed, translucent with a very deep red color, and on matrix with Malachite.
The sample is from the Edward L. Loye collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.17” × 1.61” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 0.87” × 0.87”

TB17E6: These crystals of Cuprite have a very metallic luster, but are not that red. That said, the definition and form are, in my opinion, good, so overall it is a neat specimen.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.17” × 1.81” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”

ET87AL7: Druse of rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with the so-called “saddle” habit and different shades of mauve, intense and lively and with Heterogenite coatings.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 6.2 × 2.2 cm = 4.17” × 2.44” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.43” × 0.20”

EP16K3: Group of lenticular crystals with an especially intense color and luster. The base of the specimen is sawn but it doesn’t diminish the esthetic value of the specimen.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.64” × 2.05” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

TQ91AI8: Malachite Druse of very well defined primary Malachite crystals that are rich with polycrystalline growths that are bright and have a very deep color. We note that, curiously, the Congo is not well known for its primary Malachite specimens.
The sample is from the A.J. & S. Koster collections and, previously, it was in the Gilbert Gauthier collection. We will send the labels of the two collections to the buyer.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm = 2.76” × 1.81” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.51” × 0.51”

TZ91AM8: Malachite pseudomorphs after elongated Azurite crystals, with sharp crystal forms, on matrix, on a druse of cobalt-bearing Calcite crystals, translucent and of good color, which in turn grew on an older generation of elongated white Calcite crystals. Very unusual.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.76” × 2.05” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.55”

TA86AK4: Aggregates centered on matrix, of fine acicular crystals of Plancheite, with a satiny luster and uniform light blue color. A Musonoi classic.
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (06-08/2010)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.4 × 4.6 cm = 2.52” × 1.73” × 1.81”

TRM27AN9: Very elegant botryoidal Malachite growth, with intense luster, uniform color, and with small crystals and intergrowths of shiny black Heterogenite.
Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.5 × 3.6 cm = 2.20” × 1.77” × 1.42”

JJ86F4: A kidney-like, very esthetic, intensely colored form that has a brilliant but satiny surface.
This one was shown in number 336 (January-February 2005) on the magazine ‘Minéraux et Fossiles’. We will send the purchaser a copy of the magazine.
Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.6 × 9.3 cm = 2.76” × 2.20” × 3.66”

TP57AE5: Stalactitic Malachite growths, on matrix, elongated and with spheroidal thickenings on the terminations. They are bright with an excellent color, very deep and uniform.
Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 7.3 × 5.6 cm = 2.87” × 2.87” × 2.20”

TC380MM: Very aerial botryoidal growth of Malachite of uniform green color. We highlight the aesthetics of this piece, which comes from the Carles Manresa collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 24 × 10.7 × 7.2 cm = 9.45” × 4.21” × 2.83”

MF77AH7: Very aerial and fine triple stalactitic-botryoidal Malachite growth with small Heterogenite crystallizations near the base, bright and with a black color. We analyzed the Heterogenite and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.91” × 1.69” × 0.94”

ELP69AP0: Globular-spheroidal growths of Chrysocolla with an intense and uniform light blue color. On matrix with nodular growths of the same Chrysocolla.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.2 × 2.5 cm = 3.07” × 2.05” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.87”

EER27AO9: Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022
Black botryoidal growths of Heterogenite covered almost entirely by a layer of Malachite with greasy luster and very deep color.
We will send a copy of the analysis of the Heterogenite to the buyer.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.2 × 2.9 cm = 3.31” × 2.44” × 1.14”

TQ46AN1: Aggregates of small, extraordinarily lustrous acicular Malachite crystals with an intense and deep green color, which have grown in cavities bordered by parallel growths of Chrysocolla.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.7 × 4.9 cm = 2.87” × 2.24” × 1.93”

TB48AN1: Aggregates of small, extraordinarily lustrous acicular Malachite crystals with an intense and deep green color, which have grown in cavities bordered by parallel growths of Chrysocolla.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.2 × 5.8  cm = 3.46” × 2.44” × 2.28”

MA6AG7: Aggregate, on matrix, of crystals that are very rich in faces with a predominant rhombohedron, between transparent and translucent, very bright and with an extraordinary color due to its liveliness and depth.
Kakanda, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.56” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”

MRR96AN8: Spheroidal aggregates of Malachite, with good luster and a very deep color, on a druse of crystalline growths of Calcite (cobalt-bearing variety), on matrix, with a very deep and uniform pink color offering a beautiful color contrast.
Kakanda, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2021)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.5 × 2.1 cm = 2.13” × 1.77” × 0.83”

TC48AK9: Botryoidal Chrysocolla on matrix, with very aerial shapes and a sharper profile than usual and with a very clear and uniform greenish blue color. A Congo classic.
Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.13” × 1.26” × 1.34”

TC14ERX: Group of very sharp tabular crystals of Baryte, on matrix, transparent, with good luster, and a very pale green color due to inclusions of groups of acicular Malachite crystals.
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.57” × 1.50” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.47”

TR99AI0: Cluster of parallel groups of doubly terminated Baryte crystals with a greenish color due to Malachite inclusions. On limonite matrix. The sample is among the best found at the locality, famous because it offers the best well-known Baryte with Malachite inclusions.
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.2 × 3.7 cm = 2.72” × 2.44” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 5 × 1.3 cm = 1.97” × 0.51”

EF10W7: Very aerial groups of thick tabular crystals of Baryte. They are translucent, bright and have a clear green color due to Malachite inclusions. They are on matrix, with small coatings of globular clear green Malachite. Due to its esthetics and perfection it is one of the best examples of this Baryte with Malachite we have seen.
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (11/1997)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 3.7 × 5.6 cm = 3.31” × 1.46” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.59”

E59AH5: Growth of two generations of Baryte crystals. The first in laminar crystals has been completely replaced by Malachite. The second one formed gray tabular crystals. Very original.
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (11/1997)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 4.2 cm = 1.97” × 1.38” × 1.65”

TN66L1: Nice specimen with unusual fan-shaped growths formed by acicular Malachite crystals, with velvet aspect brilliance. From a Shaba locality not yet well known by mineral collectors.
Mindingi Mine (Mindigi Mine), Swambo, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2007)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 5.9 × 4.7 cm = 3.74” × 2.32” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.1 cm = 0.71” × 0.04”

EA14Y6: Flattened radial aggregates of fine prismatic crystals showing a very deep blue color and a very good luster. They are on a rocky matrix with green surficial staining of an unidentified secondary mineral of copper. A classic of the mineralogy from the type locality for the species.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.1 × 0.9 cm = 2.01” × 1.22” × 0.35”

CTC27ASN2: Botryoidal aggregates of Goethite, upon which a layer of intense blue Cornetite crystals has been deposited. Finally, Chrysocolla and Malachite crystals were deposited over the Cornetite crystals. This specimen comes from the L'Etoile du Congo Mine in the Congo, the type locality for this species.
The specimen has been fully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. It was part of the collection of Dr. José Manuel César Robles of Madrid, Spain.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.20” × 1.22” × 0.98”

CTB90ASN2: Botryoidal aggregates of Goethite, upon which a layer of intense blue Cornetite crystals has been deposited. Finally, Chrysocolla and Malachite crystals were deposited over the Cornetite crystals. This specimen comes from the L'Etoile du Congo Mine in the Congo, the type locality for this species.
The specimen has been fully analyzed, and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. It was part of the collection of Dr. José Manuel César Robles of Madrid, Spain.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.27” × 2.44” × 1.42”

E16EDH5: Crystals are very bright and appear in radial groups. Some of these groups are deep uniform marine blue, some others have a clearer blue in zones near the center and are deeper on the edges. We call attention on the contrast with the deep green color of the Malachite base.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 6.3 × 3 cm = 3.50” × 2.48” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”

MC67I0: Color and luster are magnificent. The group is formed by a lot of crystals with very well defined faces and edges and absolutely free of damage. The specimen, really esthetic, is from a recent find at a classic mine.
Tantara Mine, 20 m.↓, Shinkolobwe, Katanga (Shaba)  Morocco (2006)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.22” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”

TX16H7: The main crystal, rising on a surface of smaller crystals, can be considered as a giant. Its faces and edges are perfectly defined, bright and partially pseudomorphed by another (undetermined) copper mineral. The matrix is a very rich blue mineral described as Chrysocolla on the label but it must be Plancheite. Please note that although the original labels state that the locality is "near Gouloukoutou River", we have labeled it as Tantara because we believe that this is the right locality.
The sample is with two old labels, of Burminco (George Burnham) and from D.E. Boydston collection.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.57” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 0.67”

TF99AL7: Druse of crystals with rhombohedral habit, staggered edges, translucent and very lustrous. An African classic.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 7.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.87” × 2.83” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

NR56P8: Botryoidal and spherical growths of small acicular crystals of Shattuckite with a single Dioptase crystal that has an excellent color and luster and very well defined faces and edges.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.93” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.28” × 0.20”

ME89AK9: Druze of rhombohedral Dioptase crystals, translucent, very bright and intense in color. With bluish coatings of Shattuckite and an aggregate of flat Malachite crystals.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (2006)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.9 × 2.6 cm = 3.07” × 1.93” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.28” × 0.28”

TP91Y3: Dioptase crystals of a considerable size, on matrix, with very well defined faces and edges and partially coated by small botryoidal growths of yellowish-green Bayldonite.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.7 × 5.7 cm = 3.74” × 3.03” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.47”

EG48AE5: An unusual Malachite aggregate on the scalenohedral shape of former Calcite crystals that had first been pseudomorph by Dioptase, which is residually retained on some areas on the sample.
Tantara Mine area, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.38” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.79” × 0.43”

EF87Z9: Botryoidal growths with surfaces that have a felted aspect. They are on matrix and have very fine hair-like crystals with an intense sky-blue color. The sample has an excellent quality for the species.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.36” × 2.05” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”

MZ14W9: A novelty at Munich 2012. Group of Azurite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They have a very deep color with vivid clearer reflections and are partially coated by Malachite. The sample is an indication of what this mine can, perhaps, offer in the future.
This specimen has been photographed and published as a reference for the Azurite species in the magazine ‘Lapis‘ number 12/2022, page 15
Kimbwe Pit (Kinsevere Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (09/2012)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.97”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39”

EX93AH9: Floater group of rosette growths of flattened crystals that are very bright with a very vivid color. The sample has an extraordinary quality for the best well known at the locality.
Kimbwe Pit (Kinsevere Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 2.28” × 1.97” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.31” × 0.20”

ME47W9: A novelty at Munich 2012. Parallel and rosette growths, on a matrix with Malachite coatings, of very well defined crystals of Azurite whose luster and color are very much more vivid than usual. The sample is an indication of what this mine can, perhaps, offer in the future.
Kimbwe Pit (Kinsevere Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (09/2012)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.9 × 4.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.93” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

EF91AM5: Malachite as a botryoidal and very aerial stalagmitic growth. Lustrous, and deep and uniform green in color. This piece is extraordinarily aesthetic and is accompanied by an old label from the prestigious Deyrolle establishment in Paris.
Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 11.4 × 4.3 cm = 4.88” × 4.49” × 1.69”

NM16AM5: Elegant pedunculated Malachite growth with botryoidal shapes and color changes over a range of greens, from dark to very vivid and intense. This piece is from the Pedro Hernández collection.
Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 1.65” × 1.30” × 1.22”

AE11AA2: Aggregate of small scalenohedral crystal of this very rare species. They are on matrix, are translucent, very bright and have a very deep color. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy f the analysis to the buyer.
Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.67” × 0.28”