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

Description

Species: Soddyite
Locality: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Dimensions: 6.5 cm x 5 cm x 2.5 cm

Fine large, colorful, well-crystallized specimen of bright canary-yellow soddyite crystals lining a fracture in altered siliceous dolostone matrix from the famous Musonoi mine. Eric Quinter specimen U/Th 0261, pictured on mindat.org. Very nice for this species at the locality!