Description
Botryoidal Malachite
Locality: Democratic Republic of Congo
Specimen Size: 45 mm x 27 mm, 36 gr
Malachite is a secondary copper mineral, an opaque green banded stone that crystallizes and forms botryoidal, fibrous or stalagmitic growths deep underground. Its name is derived from the Greek words, molochitis lithos meaning “mallow-green stone”.