Malachite with Chrysocolla

Item Description

A great display piece from this famous mine featuring a central patch of notably lustrous, deep forest green colored spherical aggregates of Malachite measuring up to 5 mm across which are sitting upon and intermixed with robins egg blue bands of Chrysocolla on host rock matrix. This piece came from a 2002 discovery at the copper-rich L’Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo). Very little damage to the central Malachite groups, but obviously the periphery is contacted where the piece was removed from the pocket wall. Again, the high luster on the Malachites is noteworthy, as the species is rarely seen in crystals with such a glistening shine like this.