Mashamba West Mine, DR Plancheite, Cobaltoan Calcite on Matrix, Mashamba West Mine, DR Congo

An attractive specimen here which is made up of a deposit of light blue plancheite with a small cluster of cobaltoan calcite. The plancheite is deposited onto a matrix in a pale light blue colour. On the top of the matrix are a couple of intergrown scalene crystals of cobalt bearing calcite in a light ice cream pink colour and measure 2.1cm tall. One of the calcite has a small abrasion on the back of the termination.

Size: 4 x 3.6 x 3.1cm

Locality: Mashamba West Mine, DR Congo