Primary Malachite (uncommon Brazilian locale)

Item Description

Vibrant green tufts and individual acicular crystals of Malachite adorn a vuggy piece of variegated brown and dark gray almost metallic looking gossan composed of both iron and manganese oxides. The Malachite crystals are very bright with an intense dark emerald green color and are distributed abundantly on the surface and in in the shallow vuggy areas. This a colorful specimen from an obscure Brazilian locality that is difficult to obtain specimens from.