Malachite

Origin: Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Origin: El Cobre mine, Conception del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Photo courtesy of:

Lou Perloff

Malachite pseudomorph after azurite

Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia

Sample size: 13 x 7 x 4 cm

Origin: Shaba Province, Zaire

Sample size: 8 x 5 x 3.7 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

A tiny hemisphere of bright green malachite on the back of a specimen that has the typical malachite after azurite known from this locality.

Origin: Whim Creek Copper Mine (Whim Creek Copper prospect; Whim Well Mine), Whim Creek, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia

Sample size: field of view 2 mm

Sample owner: Keith and Margaret Brown

Photo courtesy of:

Steve Sorrell

Malachite on quartz

Origin: Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia

Sample size: malachite clusters to 1 mm

Sample owner: Vic Cloete

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