Malachite (Specimen #100203)

Mineral(s):  Malachite, Copper

Location: L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo    

Size:    9.5 x 5.5 x 3.1 cm

Provenance:  KAYGEEDEE Minerals

Description: This superb specimen features numerous botryoidal growths of a dark green hue, with bright luster. The botryoids range in size from pinheads to ones that are 1.5 cm across and  they project from a copper gossan matrix. There are a couple of very small "scuffs", otherwise the condition is excellent.

Malachite can be found in copper deposits around the world, but the Katanga Copper Crescent in the Democratic Republic of The Congo is the primary source for superb mineral specimens. Malachite has been prized since ancient times, first as a utilitarian copper ore, then as an ornamental stone and currently as high-quality mineral specimens.