Malachite

  
Malachite on azurite
Origin: Blue Jay Mine, Lemhi Co., Idaho, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.8 x 5.2 x 1.4 cm
 
  
Malachite on wulfenite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 3.7 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
 
  
Origin: Katanga, Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Sample size: 7.5 x 4 x 3 cm
 
  
This specimen is comprised of fibrous malachite crystals with dark graysih black coloured heterogenite
Origin: Luishia, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 1.7 cm
 
  
This specimen has cryptocrystalline malachite set on a thin veneer of chrysocolla
Origin: Star of the Congo Mine, Congo
Sample size: 13.5 x 10 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Malachite pseudomorph after cuprite
Origin: Chessy, Lyon, France
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 12 x 8 x 11 mm
 
  
  
Malachite on quartz cast after calcite (pseudomorph)
Origin: Cobre Mine, Aranzazú, Mun. de Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Ken Hollman collection
Sample size: 4.2 x 3.7 x 4.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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