Malachite

  
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite with cerussite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 6.4 x 5 x 3.7 cm
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after barite on cobaltoan dolomite
Origin: Kamfundwa Mine, Kambove, Dem. Rep. du Congo
Sample size: 3.4 x 1.5 x 27 cm
 
  
This specimen of silky and fibrous malachite hosts crystals of lustrous azurite to 3 mm across.
Origin: Guichi, Chizhou, Anhui Province, China
Sample size: 7.3 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
 
  
This specimen of chrysocolla rich matrix hosts spherical masses of malachite. The interior of the malachite is concentric.
Origin: Star of the Congo Mine, Shaba Province, Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Sample size: 15 x 7 x 6 cm
 
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Malachite with azurite nodule (polished)
Origin: Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. John & Linda Stimson collection
Sample size: 5.2 x 4.9 x 2.0 cm
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite, some minor associated cerussite and mottramite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Sussman collection
Sample size: 19.2 x 11.7 x 8.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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