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MD-214651
Cuprosklodowskite
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Small Cabinet, 7.3 x 6.9 x 6.0 cm
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This is a superb pocket of cuprosklodowskite crystals in matrix, a rare uranium mineral species known at its best from this particular locality. Large pieces like this, showing a complete vug, are highly desired and increasingly hard to obtain (though mining still continues; the heyday here is now long past). The sheer color saturation of these crystals is unearthly.