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Locality: 
Kilomoto Mines, Bafwasende, Tshopo, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.9 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

Lustrous gold flake in matrix. Small specimen but from a classic locality area, the Kilo-Moto gold mines. It comes from the collection of Joseph Lhoest, a Belgian doctor who worked in DR of Congo for many years, and it is well known for his early 90’s articles in the Mineralogical Record about Congo.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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