Malachite

     
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Campbell Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.9 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
 
     
 
  
 
  
 
        
Malachite on chrysocolla
Origin: Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Zaire
Sample size: 4.6 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm (top), 5.5 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm (2nd row), 8.8 x 8.2 x 4.4 cm (3rd row), 14.0 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite with malachite
Origin: Seabra, Bahia, Brazil
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
 
Origin: Yangchun, Guangdong Province, China
Sample size: 4.8 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Siberia, Russia
Sample size: 5.6 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
 
  
Origin: Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Zaire
Sample size: 7.6 x 6.1 x 2.9 cm
 
  
Malachite on chrysocolla
  
 
     
 
 
  
 
  
Malachite with chrysocolla
     
 
  
Malachite on chrysocolla
  
 
  
Origin: Kolwezi, Zaire
Sample size: 6.9 x 6.0 x 3.9 cm (top), 12.0 x 9.1 x 4.3 cm (2nd row), 14.7 x 9.8 x 8.2 cm (3rd row), 10.3 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm (4th row), 8.0 x 6.9 x 3.6 cm (5th row), 11.3 x 10.9 x 7.1 cm (6th row), 7.1 x 6.1 x 1.3 cm (7th row), 9.0 x 6.6 x 5.3 cm (8th row), 10.6 x 8.9 x 6.0 cm (9th row), 7.5 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm (bottom)
 
  
 
  
Malachite included in calcite
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 2 cm (top), 13.0 x 9.9 x 3.9 cm (2nd row), 5.9 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm (bottom)
 
     
Origin: Onganja Mine, near Seeis, Namibia
Ex - Bill Birnie Collection
Sample size: 6.6 x 3.3 x 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Planet Mine, La Paz Co, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.4 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
 
        
Malachite on chrysocolla
Origin: Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Sample size: 4.6 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Star of Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sample size: 4.2 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
 
              
Primary malachite crystals
Origin: Emke Mine, Onganja, Namibia
Sample size: 9.5 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm
 
        
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Kerouchen, Atlas Mtns., Morocco
Sample size: 3.9 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
 
  
Origin: Planet Mine, La Paz Co, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.8 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
 
        
 
  
Malachite on chrysocolla
Origin: Kolwezi, Zaire (Congo)
Sample size: 8.6 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm (top), 14.4 x 7.6 x 2.4 cm (bottom)
 
  
 
  
Malachite on chrysocolla
  
 
  
 
  
Malachite on chrysocolla
  
 
     
Malachite on chrysocolla
  
 
  
Origin: Kolwezi, Zaire
Sample size: 10.3 x 7.2 x 2.4 cm (top), 8.9 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm (2nd row), 8.5 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm (3rd row), 9.8 x 7.1 x 4.3 cm (4th row), 9.2 x 7.3 x 3.8 cm (5th row), 8.0 x 7.3 x 2.5 cm (6th row), 9.1 x 6.0 x 3.2 cm (7th row), 7.1 x 6.5 x 3.6 cm (8th row), 10.7 x 7.5 x 4.1 cm (bottom)
 
        
Malachte on cerussite and calcite
  
Malachite (primary) on calcite
  
Malachite on chalcedony matrix
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 6.7 x 5.9 x 2.5 cm (top), 4.5 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm (2nd row), 5.1 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm (bottom)
 
  
Malachite with azurite
Origin: Blue Jay Mine, Lemhi County, Idaho, U.S.A.
Sample size: 8.3 x 7.3 x 2.9 cm
 
  
Malachite with azurite
Origin: Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Sample size: 9.7 x 5.9 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Copper with malachite
Origin: Hesse - Nassau, Germany
Sample size: 7.2 x 6.9 x 4 cm
 
     
 
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
Sample size: 10.5 x 6.5 x 3.2 cm (top), 3.5 x 3.0 x 2.6 cm (bottom)
 
Origin: Yunnan Province, China
Sample size: 8.3 x 5.5 x 5.4 cm
 
           
Origin: Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Zaire
Sample size: 10.3 x 6.8 x 3.7 cm
 
  
 
  
Malachite with chrysocolla
     
Origin: Kolwezi, Zaire
Sample size: 11.1 x 7.5 x 1.7 cm (top), 13.3 x 10.7 x 3.4 cm (2nd row), 16 x 6.3 x 5.4 cm (bottom)
 
     
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 9.3 x 5.9 x 3.3 cm
 
Primary malachite with quartz
Origin: Emke Mine, Onganja, Namibia
Sample size: 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm
 
        
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 8 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm (top), 4.3 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm (bottom)
 
Malachite with minor azurite
Origin: Apex Mine, St. George, Washington County, Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.6 x 5.3 x 2.2 cm
 
     
 
     
Malachite with minor chrysocolla
     
Origin: Kolwezi, Congo
Sample size: 16.8 x 13.1 x 6.2 cm (top), 9.3 x 4.9 x 6.3 cm (2nd row), 11.6 x 10.3 x 4.5 cm (bottom)
 
     
 
  
Origin: Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Guangdong, Central South Region, China
Sample size: 4.2 x 3 x 2.6 cm (top), 4.1 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm (bottom)
 
       
Malachite, tetrahedrite, fluorite and rhodochrosite
Origin: Malachite Pocket, 3rd Tetrahedrite Raise, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.2 x 4.9 x 3.0 cm
 
        
Malachite coating cuprite (pseudomorph)
Origin: Emke Mine, Onganja, Seeis, Namibia
Sample size: 2.2 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
 
     
Origin: Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Ben Williams collection
Sample size: 5.2 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
 
     
Malachite on chrysocolla
Origin: Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Dem. Republic of the Congo (former Zaire)
Sample size: 9.6 x 5.5 x 2.2 cm
 
        
Origin: Mashamba, Shaba Province, Dem. Republic of the Congo (former Zaire)
Sample size: 14.5 x 8.1 x 5.8 cm
 
  
Azurite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Sir Dominic Mine, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Ex. M. Dodge collection
Sample size: 2 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm
 
        
Malachite on quartz
Origin: El Cobre Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Sample size: 7.2 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
 
  
Origin: Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Congo
Sample size: 13 x 10 x 5 cm (left), 10.5 x 2.5 x 2.7 cm (right)
 
     
Origin: Apex Mine, St. George, Utah, U.S.A.
Ex. M. Zinn collection
Sample size: 5.1 x 3.6 x 1.4 cm
 
     
Origin: Emke Mine, Onganja, Namibia
Ex. M. Zinn collection
Sample size: 7.5 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: Bisbee, Warren district, Mule Mts., Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 9 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm
 
  
 
Origin: Morenci mine, Morenci, Clifton-Morenci district, Shannon Mts., Greenlee Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.3 x 3.4 x 0.7 cm (top), 1.6 x 1.3 x 4.7 cm (bottom)
 
  
Matrix malachite covered with drusy transparent colourless micro calcite crystals
Origin: 100 level, Holbrook Mine (Holbrook Shaft), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts., Cochise County, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 11 x 7 x 4.5 cm
 
  
 
  
 
  
Malachite with copper on calcite
  
Glassy colourless translucent to transparent cerussite crystals to 3 mm in size scattered about a matrix of velvety showy green crystallized malachite.  Minor galena and tennantite in association.
  
 
     
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite with azurite
  
 
  
 
  
Malachite on calcite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Sample size: 7.1 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm (top), 5.5 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm (2nd row), 13 x 9 x 5 cm (3rd row), 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm (4th row), 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm (5th row), 4.8 x 3 x 6 cm (6th row), 27 x 25 x 20 mm (7th row), 8 x 5 x 5.2 cm (8th row), 6.3 x 3.4 x 6.8 cm (9th row), 9 x 8 x 4 cm (bottom)
 
        
 
        
Origin: Chizhou (Guichi), Anquing-Tongling area, Anhui, East Region, China
Sample size: 1.6 x 1 x 4.7 cm (top), 10 x 4 x 41 mm (bottom)
 
     
Bottom side polished
Origin: Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Sample size: 7.5 x 7.5 x 3 cm
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Seabra, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil
Sample size: 4.2 x 3.3 x 4.2 cm
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Silver Bill Mine, Costello Mine Group, Gleeson, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts., Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 32 x 17 x 17 mm
 
     
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Touissit, Oujda, Morocco
Sample size: 3.3 x 2.7 x 5 cm
 
  
 
  
 
        
 
  
 
  
 
        
 
  
 
        
 
        
 
  
Origin: Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Guangdong, Central South Region, China
Sample size: 3.8 x 4 x 1.5 cm (top), 5.6 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm (2nd row), 4.4 x 2.2 x 13.7 cm (3rd row), 4.3 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm (4th row), 5.8 x 7.8 x 3 cm (5th row), 6.5 x 4 x 5 cm (6th row), 5 x 3.9 x 2.1 cm (7th row), 5.8 x 3.7 x 4.8 cm (8th row), 2.7 x 2.5 x 4.7 cm (9th row), 4.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm (bottom)
 
  
Calcite with malachite, Ex. Gene Tribbey collection
  
Malachite with dolomite and wulfenite
        
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
  
Malachite with calcite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Sample size: 7.5 x 6.4 x 3.3 cm (top), 5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm (2nd row), 4.2 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm (3rd row), 9.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Mashamba West Mine, Shaba (Katanga)Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sample size: 5.6 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm
 
  
Origin: Shilu Mine, Yangchun Guangdong, Central South Region, China
Sample size: 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm
 
     
Origin: Morenci Mine (Morenci Pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine), Morenci, Clifton-Morenci District, Shannon Mts., Greenlee Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 1.8 x 6 cm
 
  
Malachite on dolomite
  
Malachite on calcite
        
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite with cerussite
  
Malachite with calcite and cuprite
        
Malachite with cerussite
  
 
  
 
  
Malachite on dolomite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Sample size: 8.2 x 8.1 x 3.4 cm (top), 5.4 x 7.6 x 5.3 cm (2nd row), 7.2 x 3.5 x 4.7 cm (3rd row), 15 x 28 x 17 mm (4th row), 13 x 11 x 21 mm (5th row), 4 x 3 x 1.8 cm (6th row), 4.4 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm (7th row), 12 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Malachite on chrysocolla
Origin: Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre)
Sample size: 6.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Malachite covered with colourless calcite
Origin: 100 level, Holbrook Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts., Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 11.2 x 7.7 x 5 cm
 
  
 
        
Origin: Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Guangdong, Central South Region, China
Sample size: 7 x 5.7 x 3 cm (top), 3.2 x 2.9 x 6.1 cm (bottom)
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after cuprite with azurite
Origin: Chessy, France
Sample size: 15 x 12 x 13 mm
 
     
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite with azurite and anglesite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Sample size: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 
  
Clinoclase coated by malachite
Origin: Mammoth Mine (Mammoth shaft), Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.7 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm
 
        
 
       
Origin: Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Guangdong, Central South Region, China
Sample size: 4.4 x 3.7 x 5.2 cm (top), 5 x 2.7 x 3.3 cm (bottom)
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Whim Creek, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia
Sample size: 3.7 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
 
Origin: Shaba Cu Belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire)
Sample size: largest 33 x 20 x 17 mm
 
  
Origin: Seabra, Bahia, Southeast Region, Brazil
Sample size: 4.3 x 3 x 4 cm
 
  
Limonite matrix, the top covered by showy green micro crystals of malachite. There appears also to be crystals of blue rosasite under the malachite, as well as black crystals of micro plattnerite.
Origin: Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Sample size: 13 x 3.8 x 7 cm
 
Malachite with azurite
Origin:  New Mexico, U.S.A.
Sample size:  24 mm wide
 
     
Origin: Shilu Mine, Guangdong, China
Sample size: 4 cm wide (left), 4.7 cm wide (middle), 3.4 cm wide (right)
 
  
Origin: Morenci Mine (Morenci pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine), Morenci, Clifton-Morenci District, Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.3 x 4.9 x 1.8 cm
 
  
Origin: Chile
Sample size: 2.6 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
 
  
Origin: Shaba, Congo
Sample size: 3.3 x 1.3 x 6.5 cm
 
        
Malachite cast pseudomorph after gypsum
Origin: Apex Mine, near St. George, Washington Co., Utah, U.S.A.
Ex.Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 1.7 x 1.5 x 6.2 cm
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 8.3 x 7 x 6.4 cm
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after cuprite
Origin: Chessy-les-Mines, Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 8 x 9 x 14 mm
 
        
Origin: Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 5.5 x 5.5 x 10.7 cm
 
        
Origin: Mammoth Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 5.2 x 3.3 x 9.2 cm
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite with azurite on sandstone matrix
Origin: Shutlleton, New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 9.2 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Arizona (?), U.S.A.
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 5.8 cm wide
 
        
Origin: Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre)
Sample size: 6.8 x 2.8 x 4.7 cm
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Touissit, Morocco
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 8 x 16 x 30 mm
 
  
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size:  14 x 15 x 23 mm (top), 22 x 13 x 24 mm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Shilu mine, Yangchun, Guangdong, Central South Region, China
Sample size: 4.5 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm
 
Origin: Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 13 x 8 x 30 mm
 
Origin:  Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
Ex. Willard Perkin collection
Sample size: 28 x 22 x 12 mm
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Mammoth Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3.3 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
 
  
Malachite with azurite
Origin: Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6 x 4.2 x 2 cm
 
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Live Oak Pit, Globe, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7 x 3.5 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
  
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 28 mm tall (top), 4.8 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm (bottom)
 
  
 
  
Origin: near Bouse, La Paz Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5 x 2.3 x 7 cm (top), 6.3 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm (bottom)
 
  
Solid mass of green malachite, the top "knob" polished to show the color nicely
Origin: Shaba, Congo
Ex. Don Belsher collection
Sample size: 13 x 10.3 x 7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Origin: New Cornelia mine, Pima Co., Arizona, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 2 cm
 
  
Origin: Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Eaton collection
Sample size: 6.5 x 4 x 4 cm
 
  
Origin: Pima Co., Arizona, United States
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Ojuela Mine, Mipimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. O'Donnell collection
Sample size: 9 x 4 x 3.5 cm
 
  
 
  
 
Malachite with minor azurite
Origin: Grandview mine, Coconino Co., Arizona, United States
Ex. DeVito collection
Sample size: 6.5 x 4 .5 x 1.5 cm (top), 6 x 4 x 3 cm (2nd row), 6.5 x 5 x 1.5 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Ugly crystalline malachite crusts on matrix; from an Exploration pit which did not yield enough copper to start any mining activities
Origin: Landhuis Savonet, Curaçao, The Netherlands Antilles
Sample size: hand specimen
 
     
Origin: Kasombe Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sample size: 5.5 x 9 cm (left), 5 x 8 cm (middle), 9 x 10 cm (right)
 

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Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

        
Malachite on cuprite
Origin: Carn Brea Mine, Illogan, Cornwall, England
Ex. Kevin Conroy collection
Sample size: 7 x 4 x 3 cm
 
              
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Tuissit mine, Marocco
Ex. Giorgio Spiga collection
Sample size: 7 x 6 x 5 cm
 
     
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Touissit, Oujda, Morocco
Ex. Kevin Conroy collection
Sample size: 2.1 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
 
        
Origin: Luishia Mine, Katanga, Republic of the Congo
Ex. Isaias Casanova collection
Sample size: 5 x 4 x 4 cm
 
     
Malachite pseudomorph after cuprite
Origin: Chessy, Lyon, Rhone Department, France
Ex. Kevin Conroy collection
Sample size: 1.6 x 1.1 x 1 cm
 
     
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Rick Green collection
Sample size: 7 x 5 x 1 cm
 
     
Complex skeletal crystal of malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Near Blinman, South Australia, Australia
Ex. Rick Green collection
Sample size: 4 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
 
           
Malachite with calcite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Rick Green collection
Sample size: 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
 
           
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite, Ex. Mark Wrigley collection
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 5.8 x 5 x 2.6 cm (top), 4.8 x 3.7 x 1.4 cm (bottom)
 
        
Origin: Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 13.2 x 7.6 x 4.6 cm
 
        
Malachite coating on cuprite (pseudomorph)
Origin: Chessy, near Lyon, France
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 1.9 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
 
        
Malahcite on chrysocolla
Origin: Mashaba West, Katanga, Rep. du Congo
Ex. Dave Douglass collection
Sample size: 7 x 7 x 3 cm
 
     
Origin: Star of Congo mine, Congo
Ex. Giorgio Spiga collection
Sample size: 7.5 x 4 x 2 cm
 
     
Malachite crust on wulfenite (pseudomorph)
  
Azurite on malachite
  
Ex - Bill Birnie Collection
  
Azurite with malachite
  
Azurite with malachite, Ex - Bill Birnie Collection
  
 
     
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
     
Malachite and cobaltoan dolomite
  
 
     
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin:  Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 10.3 x 6.6 x 5.2 cm (top), 5.8 x 5.1 x 3.5 cm (2nd row), 11.5 x 8 x 4.5 cm (3rd row), 4.5 x 3.6 x 1.2 cm (4th row), 6.7 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm (5th row), 5.8 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm (6th row), 6.3 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm (7th row), 6.5 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm (8th row), 4.7 x 3 x 2.7 cm (9th row), 10.5 x 8 x 3 cm (10th row), 4.8 x 2.7 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
  
Malachite with wulfenite
Origin:  Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm (top), 4 x 3 x 2 cm (bottom)
 
     
Malachite pseudomorph coating on cuprite octahedrons
Origin: Rudabanya, Hungary
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 2.8 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
 
        
Malachite on cuprite
Origin: Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba Crescent, Dem. Rep. du Congo
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm
 
        
Origin: Mindingi Mine, Shaba Crescent, Dem. Rep. du Congo
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 3.8 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
 
        
Malachite with cerussite and pyromorphite
Origin: Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
Ex. Rick Green
Sample size: 5.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
 
     
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 4 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
 
     
Malachite on chrysocolla
Origin: Kolwezi, Zaire
Ex. Rick Green collection
Sample size: 9.5 x 7.5 x 3 cm
 
              
Malachite pseudomorph after barite
Origin: Kakanda mine, Congo
Ex. Giorgio Spiga collection
Sample size: 11 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
 
     
Malachite sprays with minor micro mimetite
Origin: Hendre Felen Mine, Ysbyty Ystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
Ex. Kevin Conroy collection
Sample size: 8 x 5 x 2 cm
 
  
Malachite coating on cerussite
Origin: Roughten Gill Mine, Roughten Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
Ex. Kevin Conroy collection
Sample size: 6 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 
        
Origin: Tyrol, Austria
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 5.8 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
 
     
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Inspiration Mine, Miami, Gila County, Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Kevin Conroy collection
Sample size: 3.4 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
 
  
Malachite on cuprite (pseudomorph) with mimetite
Origin: Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Ed Rosenzweig collection
Sample size: 8.9 x 6.0 x 4.6 cm
 
     
Fluorite with malachite on tetrahedrite
Origin: 3rd Tetrahedrite Raise, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, Southwest U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.1 x 3 x 2 cm
 
  
Malachite with chrysocolla pseudomorph after selenite
Origin: San Manuel Mine, San Manuel, Pinal Co., Arizona, Southwest U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.2 x 3.7 x 2 cm
 
        
Origin: Kambove, Katanga Province, Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Sample size: 13 x 10 x 7 cm
 
     
Malachite with barite containing malachite inclusions
Origin: Shangulowe Mine, Katanga Province, Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Sample size: 5.7 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
 
     
Malachite pseudomorph after tennantite (left), malachite with cuprite (middle)
Origin: Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Ed Rosenzweig collection
Sample size: 2.0 x 1.7 cm (left), 1.9 x 1.4 cm (middle), 2.4 x 1.7 (right)
 
        
Origin: Bisbee, Warren Dist., Mule Mts., Cochise County, Arizona, U.S.A.
Ex. Ed Rosenzweig collection
Sample size: 10.6 x 5.3 x 2.5 cm
 
           
A cluster of acicular malachite crystals ~ 1.0 cm across with cuprite octahedrons to 0.6 cm on dolomite
Origin: Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba Crescent, Dem. Rep. Du Congo
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 3.9 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
 
  
Malachite pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Tom Loomis collection, ex. George White collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
 
     
Fibrous malachite on cuprite matrix
Origin: Daye Mine,, Huangshi, Hubei Prov., China
Ex. Dave Douglass collection
Sample size: 10.5 x 7 x 4 cm
 
           
Origin: Star of Congo mine, Congo
Ex. Giorgio Spiga collection
Sample size: 7.5 x 6 x 4 cm
 
     
Malachite pseudomorph after cuprite on azurite
Origin: Chessy, near Lyon, France
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 3.2 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
 
        
Clusters of malachite (probably after arborescent copper) with unidentified white coating.
Origin: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Ex. Keith Hayes collection
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
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