AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Democratic Republic of the Congo > Malachite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 54296 |
Mineral: | Malachite |
Locality: | Mashamba Mines, 10 km west of Kolwezi, Katanga Copperbelt, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Description: | Very large polished slice of green malachite with complex concentric growth patterns caused by slicing through columnar stalactitic malachite formations. Large malachite slices are now hard to obtain with little hope of more in the future. |
Overall Size: | 20x13x0.5 cm |
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Archived: | For reference only |
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