Dioptase
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
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Malachite Incl Baryte
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Reference specimen
Dimensions
Display units
- Metric
- 3.2 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm
- Inches
The specimen has two radially spraying growths of tabular baryte crystals that have penetrated one another in their growth spread. Both sets of crystals have inclusions of green malachite mostly at their epicenters. There is a thin crystat of botryoidal malachite with tiny tabular crystals linking the two spraysof crystals. The elongate tabular baryte crystals are bevelled too. The largest crystal measures 3cm.
Specimen data
- Specimen number
- SAMS-344
- Size class
- Miniature
- Country
- DR Congo
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