Cornetite

  

Origin: Manto Russo mine, Salado, Chile

Sample size: 3.5 x 2 x 2 cm, crystals to 0.7 mm

 

  

Origin: Lumumbashi, Congo

Sample size: 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, radial crystal aggregates to 3 mm, single crystals to 0.5 mm

 

  

Origin: Star of the Congo mine, Lumumbashi, Congo
Sample size: 8 x 4 x 2 cm, crystals to 8 mm

 

Origin: Manto Russo mine, Salado, Chile

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 2 cm

 

  

Origin: L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba, , Katanga, Congo (type locality)

Sample size: 7 x 5 x 1 cm

 

    

Dark blue micro crystals to about 0.2mm as singles and clusters. Obtained by Kidwell in 1959 from Jack Parnau.

Origin: Empire mine, Lyon Co., Nevada, United States

Ex. Kidwell collection

Sample size: 6.5 x 4 x 3 cm

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Origin: Kalabi, Shaba, Dem. Rep. Congo

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

Origin: Bwana M'kubwa, near Kitwe, Zambia

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

Origin: Lubumbashi, Shaba, Dem. Rep. Congo

Owner: Lou Perloff

Microscopic image

 

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Photo-Atlas of Minerals

Origin: L'Étoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre)

Picture size: 5 mm

Owner: Thomas Witzke

 

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Cornetite with hematite

Origin: Mina Manto Ruso, El Salado, Region de Atacama, Chile

Sample size: 35 mm tall

 

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