Malachite : Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
As recorded:
L\'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine), Lubumbashi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Mindat locality:
47mm x 40mm x 33mm
Intergrown balls of lustrous green Malachite are draped over contrasting purplish-blue crust of Chrysocolla(?). It is super aesthetic, pristine, and displays all around, 360 degrees. In 2002 the Gobin brothers recovered a small lot of these, and I was one of the first to see them in Tucson in 2003, where I acquired this piece for my personal collection. This is a classic and gorgeous Malachite and Chrysocolla combination specimen from the Democratic Republic of Cogo. No damage.
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