Mineral: Chrysocolla
Locality: L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Dimensions: 6.5 x 8.5 cm
Description: A globular crust of chrysocolla that is so smooth and lustrous it almost looks like plastic.
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