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Native Copper On Cobaltoan Calcite

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Native Copper On Cobaltoan Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Kolwezi District, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.9 × 6.5 × 5.8 cm
Weight: 
363.91gr
Description

The specimen is made up of two faces on a piece of country rock covered with a deposit of cobaltoan calcite. The one face is an aggregate deposit of pink cobaltoan calcite. The second face has cobaltoan calcite inside of a vug. The calcite crystal habit is a shallow rhombic crystal. On matrix there is native copper and narrow veins of of copper into the matrix mass. There is also native copper on the calcite where it has dendritic roots into the calcite which show in a rich copper red colour under the microscope.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Cobaltoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Co)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

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