EBB26CD6: The Dolphin. Over a small Quartz matrix, a multitude of small Malachite crystals of uniform green color, completely pseudomorph a previous crystal or crystals of Azurite and make up what looks like the shape of a dolphin or a fish, very well placed on a base (which is the Quartz matrix). Sharp and lustrous green Dioptase crystals adorn the specimen with a darker, more intense tone.
Kapata area, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba)  Congo (Zaire), Democratic Republic of the (02-03/2023)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.8 × 3.6 cm = 2.80” × 1.89” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 7.1 × 2.3 cm = 2.80” × 0.91”