DR Congo, Lualaba
Kolwezi, DR Congo
Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: malachite, chrysocolla, dioptase, heterogenite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: malachite district
World-famous Katanga copper district producing botryoidal malachite and dioptase.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Active mines, unstable ground, security
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