Natural Cuprite and Malachite x 1 From Mashamba West Mine, Congo

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A NOTE FROM NICK
An XL 225 x 180 x 108 mm natural superb combination of Cuprite and Malachite from the Mashamba West Mine in the Congo. This is collectors material from one of the world's great copper belt locations. The contrast of deep red/silver of the Cuprite against the bright green Malachite is gorgeous. These don't come around often.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
CUPRITE AND MALACHITE SPECIMEN FROM CONGO
Congolese Cuprite with Malachite, cuprite is a copper oxide mineral and one of the most important secondary copper minerals, forming in the oxidised zones of copper ore deposits through the weathering of primary copper sulphides. Its deep red to almost black colouration is caused by its high copper content, and fine crystals display a striking submetallic to adamantine lustre. Malachite, a copper carbonate hydroxide, forms alongside Cuprite in the same oxidised copper zones, producing vivid banded and botryoidal green masses that contrast sharply with the dark red Cuprite. The Mashamba West Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo sits within the Central African Copperbelt, one of the richest copper mineralisation zones on earth, and has produced some of the finest copper mineral association specimens known to collectors

ASSOCIATED MINERALS
Cuprite, Malachite, Copper

ASSOCIATED FEATURES 
Cubic, Octahedral, Botryoidal, Crystalline

ASSOCIATED COLOURS 
Red, Green, Black, Copper, Silver

MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
3.5 to 4

PRODUCT DATA
Locality = Mashamba West Mine, Congo
Grade = Very Good Grade                      
Size = 225 x 180 x 108 mm