MALACHITE FIBROUS SILKY CONGO 0.565grams

MALACHITE FIBROUS SILKY CONGO  L 125mm  W 86 mm H 52 mm 0.565grams.

Malachite is an intense green copper-based mineral that can be found in various forms < ranging between botryouidal, silky and stalactitical > it typically grows as atight cluster of fanning fabrous needles that make up a seemingly solid formation, banded patterns can sometimes begin to take shapes explaining the rings in all shades of green seen on most polished malachite specimens. 

Malachite results from the weathering of copper ores, and is very often found associated with other copper-based minerals such as azurite and chrysocolla. It can be found in copper deposits around the world but the democratic republic of Congo is the primary source for polished malachite and mineral specimens. 

Malachite has been prized since ancient times, first as a utilitarian copper ore,then as an ornamental stone.