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DR Congo, Haut-Katanga

Likasi (Shituru), DR Congo

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: malachite, cornetite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: copper-cobalt

Katanga district documented for malachite, cobaltoan calcite and cornetite.

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