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Kolwezite & Cobaltoan Dolomite

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Kolwezite & Cobaltoan Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 7.3 × 5.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Kolwezite with fabulous cobaltian dolomite globular transparent pink crystals. Specimen has been glued & sawn at side & bottom. Came from Mashamba West Mine, Congo. A very nice large specimen... 440 gr

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kolwezite

Formula: 
(Cu,Co)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

Cobaltoan Dolomite

Variety Of: 

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mg,Co)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0