page_title: Kalumines
hierarchical_section_title: Kalumines
caption_attribution_description: English: Quartz, Chlorite Locality: Lupoto Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 10.1 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm. Some phantoms are hard to make out. Then there are crystals like this - WOW! The quartz crystal inside was richly included with red chlorite before being engulfed by later growth and becoming this incredibly striking phantom crystal. There is some small angled-back damage to the termination on top, but it is the phantom that matters here anyway and the piece is showy as heck, if not pristine as you wish. This is an old and well known find from the early 1990s, and specimens are uncommon today. Deutsch: Quarz, Chlorit Fundort: Lupoto Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Demokratische Republik Kongo (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 10.1 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm.
context_page_description: Kalumines is a copper mining property that includes the Kasonta, Lupoto and Niamumenda concessions, with a combined area of 77 square kilometres. It is about 25 kilometres northwest of Lubumbashi in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
context_section_description: Kalumines is a copper mining property that includes the Kasonta, Lupoto and Niamumenda concessions, with a combined area of 77 square kilometres (30 sq mi). It is about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Lubumbashi in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
caption: Quartz, Chlorite chrystal found in the early 1990s at Lupoto mine (10.1 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm)
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