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Copper from Lualaba, DR Congo

$3,500.00

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Beautifully crystallized twinned native copper crystals in a cluster without matrix. In super condition. Outstanding example for the species. Luilu is an industrial and metallurgical center located in the Lualaba Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, famously anchored by the major Luilu metallurgical plant and refinery established in 1952 by Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga (later Gecamines) to process copper and cobalt ores. While the industrial complex and adjacent operations remain active today, the surrounding geology is situated within the world-renowned Central African Copperbelt, characterized by Neoproterozoic sediment-hosted stratiform copper and cobalt deposits embedded within folded and faulted rocks of the Lufilian Arc.

Product details

SpeciesCopper
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.8 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm
Listed on07/16/2026
LocalityDR Congo, Lualaba
SKU9505452
Current owner
WM
Weinrich MineralsFeatured
3,406 for sale·9 sold

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Copper
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native copper with spinel-twinned crystals and arborescences; notable from Lake Superior, Itauz, Dongchuan, Corocoro, prized for color and localities.
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Copper from Lualaba
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Lualaba
Lualaba, DR Congo — renowned copper-cobalt locality with native copper, cuprite on chrysocolla, malachite, cobalt carbonates, and rare uranyl minerals.