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MD-136210
Pseudomalachite
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
Small Cabinet, 6.4 x 4.6 x 4.5 cm
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An OLD-TIME and showy specimen of bubbly, botryoidal pseudomalachite on gossan matrix from a CLASSIC Russian locality - Nihzne Tagilsk, Urals Region. This material was originally named tagalite in 1846, but later determined to be pseudomalacite. Accompanied by an OLD American Museum of Natural History label. A historic and highly representative old-timer. Ex. George Elling Collection.