Cuprite with Malachite - Mashamba West Mine, Congo (Zaire), Democratic Republic of the - 9 x 14.5 x 4 cm / main crystal: 2.3 cm

Mineral: Cuprite with Malachite
Locality: Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Dimensions: 9 x 14.5 x 4 cm / main crystal: 2.3 cm

Description: Mashamba Ouest, Kolwezi, Katanga, Congo Mass: 1150 g MIM number: 2254 Slab covered with octahedral, sharp, lustrous crystals of translucent red cuprite amid tufts of fibrous emerald green malachite providing unusual contrast (cuprites from this mine are most commonly formed on plancheite or massive chrysocolla). Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence