Chrysocolla ps. Gypsum (?), Malachite: Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo

Description

Species: Chrysocolla after Gypsum(?), Malachite

Locality: Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo

Size: 3.4 x 1.8 x 3.7 cm.

A beautiful example of a relatively recent find in the mineral-rich Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: lustrous sky-blue chrysocolla psuedomorphs after what were most likely gypsum crystals with a layer of malachite underneath them.