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Malachite Stalactites
Star of the Congo Mine, near Lubumbashi, Shaba, (formerly Zaire) Congo
Small Cabinet, 6.8 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm
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One of my favorites of the lot! This elegant specimen has 5 gently waving stalks rising up form a carpet of velvety malachite covering botryoidal malachite matrix. It is very attractive and 3-dimensional, surreal in the separation of the stalks despite their closeness upon matrix. All stalks are complete all around. The ew that were not have been clipped off at the matrix contact, and actually it is quite interesting and appealing to see the concentric ringed circles of their bases, in contrast to the smooth surface otherwise.