Quartz with Plancheite & Malachite
 
Locality: Kakanda, Democratic Republic of Congo

Size: 42 mm x 38 mm
 
A cute Quartz druse with Plancheite and some minor Malachite and Cobaltoan Calcite which gives the druze its lovely colour.
 
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), previously known as Zaire, is a large central African country known to produce some of the most amazing Copper, Uranium and Cobalt minerals, to mention only a few.