Specimen #337

Name: Malachite

Type: Mineral

Locality: Lukuni Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Southern area, Shaba Cu belt, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 5.4 x 3.3 x 8.6 cm

Weight:

Acquired: 2006-12-06

Source: Auction: Dan Weinrich

Label: N

Comment: Sparkling green crystallized botryoidal malachite specimen. Very clean of damage and shows pretty much all around. The specimen exhibits the botryoidal nature of the malachite famous from this region, as well as the internal banding. Nice and quite showy!

Minerals: Malachite (Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂)

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