21hhdw.is ((MALACHITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, D.R. Congo, 7 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet | |
Mounds of dark green sparkling, lustrous individual acicular like crystals of primary Malachite. Black matrix is probably Heterogenite at the bottom of the photo and seen more on the backside not shown. It is not the typical fibrous or botryoidal or stalactitic example shown on mindat. It may be an older specimen from the locality. ex Dana Wilson MD collection 56. |