Malachite
Kenge, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
3.4 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm. Gorgeous, shimmering, chatoyant sheaves of rich green primary malachite needles are aesthetically intergrown on this striking, excellent and rare miniature. We believe this specimen is from this obscure deposit in the Republic of Congo, rather than from the numerous famous copper mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after ...
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