Malachite

TSNB490
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Malachite; 90 mm.
Exhibit 1. Malachite; 90 mm.
Image Credit: Mariusz Oleszczuk
Exhibit 2. 45 mm field of view.
Exhibit 2. 45 mm field of view.
Image Credit: Mariusz Oleszczuk
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Specimen Title

Malachite

Principal Mineral

Malachite

Size

Cabinet; 90mm

Location in the Mine

Undetermined

Collection

Oleszczuk, M.; MLC40

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB490

Description

A thick, botryoidal crust of malachite on a matrix of altered and iron-stained dolostone (?). The malachite botryoids comprise tightly intergrown radial sprays of acicular crystals which lend the specimen a velvety chatoyance. This habit of malachite on a specimen of this size is somewhat unusual at Tsumeb.

Neither the provenance nor the location in the mine is recorded.