
Image Credit: Mariusz Oleszczuk

Image Credit: Mariusz Oleszczuk


Specimen Title
Malachite
Principal Mineral
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.