Kipushite

  
 
 
  
Origin: Kipushi, Shaba, Dem. Rep. Congo (type locality)
Sample size: 3 x 3 x 2 cm (top), 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, with elongated, light green, prismatic crystals to about 1 mm (2nd row), 3 x 2 x 1 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
Emerald green transparent prismatic crystals with possibly reichenbachite on matrix.
Origin: Kipushi, Democratic Repulbic of Congo
Sample size: 3 x 3.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

  
Origin: Kipushi Mine, Shaba Province, Zaire (type locality)
Sample size: 3.8 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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