Metatyuyamunite, Malachite: Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Species: Metatyuyamunite, Malachite
Locality: Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Dimensions: 7 cm x 4.5 cm x 4 cm

Outstanding for the species at the locality, this specimen from the Mashamba West mine features vivid-orange, very well-crystallized Metatyuyamunite with green acicular malachite on brecciated dolostone. Perhaps the best example of this mineral I have seen for the locality. Eric Quinter specimen U/Th 0078, pictured on mindat.org.