Barite with Malachite
specimen number:
1603262
location:
Shangulowe Mine, Kambove, Lualaba, DR Congo
description:
Lustrous slightly translucent green crystals of barite measuring to 3.0 cm in height coming off matrix. The green color is due to the presence of malachite. Slight damage to some of the very small crystals upon the matrix, all of the large prominent crystals are in great condition. This would have been collected in the latter part of the 1990s.
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