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Cuprite & Malachite

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Cuprite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 2.5 × 2.6 cm
Description

This superb, contrastful specimen features some well defined cuboctahedral cuprite accompanied by some intense green sprays of malachite. This is a super combination specimen with only minor imperfection. The Mashamba West Mine started in 1978 and produced some of the finest cuprite specimens of the Dem. Rep. of Congo.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
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