Rutherfordine, Soddyite, Heterogenite: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Description

Species: Rutherfordine, Soddyite, Heterogenite
Locality: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Dimensions: 6 cm x 5 cm x 4 cm

Excellent, well-crystallized Musonoi mine specimen featuring abundant gray-tan rutherfordine crystals with yellow soddyite crystals and brown, botryoidal heterogenite lining a cavity in siliceous dolostone rimmed by massive layers of these minerals. Eric Quinter specimen U/Th 0348, pictured on Mindat.org. Rare!!