malachite (on calcite)

TSNB491

Specimen

Exhibit 1. Malachite (on calcite); 51 mm.
Exhibit 1. Malachite (on calcite); 51 mm.
Image Credit: Mariusz Oleszczuk

Title

malachite (on calcite)

Principal Mineral

Malachite

Size

Cabinet; 51mm

Collection

Oleszczuk, M. MLC61

Provenance

(not assigned)

Entry Type

Specimen TSNB491

Description

A plate of coarsely crystallised milky-white calcite, with a little conichalcite-duftite, hosts a sub-spherical spray of radiating dark green malachite needles.

The specimen is believed to date from the 1970s, but neither the provenance nor the location in the mine is recorded.

 

Associated Minerals

calcite; conichalcite-duftite