Malachite

Malachite with cerussite

Origin: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Ex Marvin Pearce collection

Sample size: 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 cm

Origin: New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Ex Tom Dwyer and Gil Griffin collections

Sample size: 7 x 3.3 x 3 cm

Malachite pseudomorph after cuprite

Origin: Chessy, near Lyon, France

Ex Marvin Pearce collection

Sample size: 10 x 10 x 8 mm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

Malachite with chrysocolla

Origin: Kolwezi Mine, Shaba Province, Zaire

Sample size: 13.7 x 13.0 x 11.6 cm

Malachite with tetrahedrite and fluorite

Origin: Malachite Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.2 x 4.2 x 4 cm

Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

Sample size: 7.0 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm

Origin: Star of the Congo Mine, near Lubumbashi, Shaba, (formerly Zaire) Congo

Sample size: 10.2 x 8.9 x 8.3 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

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