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Lualaba
Kolwezi malachite
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Botryoidal and banded malachite, plus chrysocolla and heterogenite..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Oxidized copper deposit
The world's source of fine banded malachite.
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