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MD-121000
Chrysocolla
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Southern area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo
Cabinet, 10.8 x 6.9 x 4.1 cm
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Yes, this is a NATURAL mineral specimen, even though it looks man-made! It is a bizarre (and beautiful in its own way) form of chrysocolla that was discovered in the copper mining district of the Congo. The surface looks as though it is melted.

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