From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire)Complex cluster of lustrous pink translucent flattened rhombohedral cobalt-rich Calcite crystals on matrix. Has bright intense color with scintillating luster. These are from an old stock mined from the 1970s or 1980s and very rarely available with this...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire)Large complex cluster of lustrous pink translucent flattened rhombohedral cobalt-rich Calcite crystals on matrix. Has bright intense color with scintillating luster. These are from an old stock mined from the 1970s or 1980s and very rarely available...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

From Mashamba West , Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) It is no surprise that minerals predominantely display colors involving one of the "earth tones" - orange, brown, black, tan, etc. Here a fairly normal, golden hued Calcite matrix is thinly over-coated by a second generation...

Lustrous rounded cluster of vibrant pink rhombohedral Cobaltoan Calcite crystals. The calcite is translucent to transparent along the edge.  The pink color is due to cobalt impurities.   384 grams, 4.15 x 2.75 x 1.75 inches

Lustrous rounded cluster of vibrant pink rhombohedral Cobaltoan Calcite crystals. The calcite is translucent to transparent along the edge.  The pink color is due to cobalt impurities.   421.7 grams, 4.25 x 2 x 2 inches

Lustrous rounded cluster of vibrant pink rhombohedral Cobaltoan Calcite crystals. The calcite is translucent to transparent along the edge.  The pink color is due to cobalt impurities.   220 grams, 2.25 x 2 x 2.25 inches

Lustrous rounded cluster of vibrant pink rhombohedral Cobaltoan Calcite crystals. The calcite is translucent to transparent along the edge.  The pink color is due to cobalt impurities.   217.6 grams, 2.75 x 2.5 x 1.25 inches

Lustrous rounded cluster of vibrant pink rhombohedral Cobaltoan Calcite crystals. The calcite is translucent to transparent along the edge.  The pink color is due to cobalt impurities.   239 grams, 3.25 x 2.25 x 1.5 inches

Lustrous rounded cluster of vibrant pink rhombohedral Cobaltoan Calcite crystals. The calcite is translucent to transparent along the edge.  The pink color is due to cobalt impurities.   131 grams, 2.75 x 1.25 x 1.5 inches