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MD-264014
Malachite, Chrysocolla
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Southern area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo
Small Cabinet, 6.4 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm
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A very colorful and striking combination specimen from a new find at the Star of the Congo Mine. Banded, green malachite is the initial coating on the very vuggy, sculptural matrix. Beautiful, bright powder-blue, botryoidal chrysocolla follows. Two generations of malachite are next: first is forest-green, botryoidal variety; followed by the scintillating, emerald-green malachite microcrystals. An exceptionally fine piece from this new find.