Vandenbrandeite, Malachite, Cuprosklodowskite: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Species: Vandenbrandeite, Malachite, Cuprosklodowskite
Locality: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Dimensions:  7 cm x 6.5 cm x 4.5 cm

Superb, large, colorful specimen of well-crystallized dark green vandenbrandeite with green malachite and neon yellow-green cuprosklodowskite (bottom) on altered, siliceous dolostone matrix from the famous Musonoi mine in the DR Congo. Exceptionally colorful, well-crystallized example of these rare uranium minerals. Eric Quinter specimen U/Th 0090, pictured on Mindat.org.