Description
Species: Chrysocolla after Gypsum(?), Malachite
Locality: Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
Size: 3 x 1.9 x 3.2 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.