MALACHITE
Specimen mal-43
$ 50.00Dims: 3.1x2.4x1.4" (7.9x6.2x3.6 cm)
Wt: 5.33 oz (151 g)
Kalukaluku Mine, Katanga Proirng, Congo
This specimen is nearly all malachite. The malachite is mostly a thick crust of botryoidal growth lining what was a cavity in the host soapstone. As such, the crystals are well protected, and the edges of the specimen show the radiating fibers of malachite that form the crust. There are also numerous mossy leaf-like crystals growing above the crust. These have a bright green sheen from some angles.