DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo — above all the Katanga Copperbelt — is a world-class source of secondary copper and cobalt minerals.
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo — above all the Katanga (Haut-Katanga) Copperbelt — is a world-class source of vivid copper and cobalt minerals.
The Katanga Copperbelt
The Copperbelt of southern DR Congo is one of the richest copper-cobalt regions on Earth. Its deeply weathered, oxidised orebodies produce some of the most intensely coloured secondary copper minerals known.
Signature minerals
The Congo is the classic source of emerald-green dioptase, botryoidal malachite, and pink cobaltoan calcite and dolomite, along with shattuckite and plancheite. Congolese dioptase and malachite are benchmark specimens.
References & databases
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Specimens from DR Congo
Malachite Specimen, Polished and Raw, DR Congo
Dioptase Crystal Cluster, DR Congo
Dioptase Crystal Cluster, DR Congo
Dioptase Crystal Specimens – Three-Piece Set, DR Congo
Dioptase Crystal on Matrix – DR Congo
Dioptase Cluster on Limonite Matrix – DR Congo
Hand-Carved Quartz Geode Skull with Malachite – Natural Stone
Malachite – Botryoidal Form – DR Congo
Chrysocolla Mineral Specimen, DR Congo
