KIPUSHITE on PSEUDOMALACHITE

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Kipushite is a copper-zinc phosphate and occurs on this specimen as lustrous turquoise-green micro-crystals richly scattered over Pseudomalachite of almost identical colour. From t he Kipushi mine in the Katanga (Shaba) region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, unsurprisingly, the type locality for Kipushite. The Pseudomalachite is a slightly more blueish-turquoise-green, yet with a much duller lustre. The two species cover a friable, yet stable limonitic matrix. A great example of this rare species from the Kipushi mine. Show more