Description: Calcite (variety cobaltoan calcite) Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) 6 x 5 cm Purplish-pink scalenohedra of calcite with lustrous faces and gemmy terminations

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