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MD-247745
Cornetite
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
Small Cabinet, 5.8 x 5.2 x 4.4 cm
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A fine, sparkling, bubbling, botryoidal mound of peacock-blue cornetite microcrystals from the Star of the Congo Mine. The world's finest cornetite specimens come from the Katanga Copper Crescent and this is a showy and excellent example. Almost pristine. Ex. Wesley Stark Collection.