Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
malachite after azurite (on smithsonite)
Associated Minerals
smithsonite
Principal Mineral
Precursor Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 117mm
Location in the Mine
First oxidation zone
Provenance
Palache, C.
Collection
MGMH; 87516
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB689
Description
A rib of very pale green sub-botryoidal smithsonite hosts pseudomorphs of malachite after prismatic azurite crystals (to 25 mm).
The specimen is from the collection purchased by Charles Palache during his visit to Tsumeb in December 1922, which dates it to the upper part of the first oxidation zone (i.e. 8 Level or above).
