Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb - Otjikoto Region, - Namibia
(#MINS9208)
This is a classic pseudomorph from the 1st oxidation zone offering very nice nice azurite crystals replaced by malachite.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,5 cm
 Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 32 mm
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Cornetite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lumumbashi - Haut Katanga - Zaire
(#GMA26019)
Several dark blue colored crystals of cornetite are spread all over the surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:280 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:94mm x 67 mm x 38 mm
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Buttgenbachite - Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS9164)
Rare eletric blue Buttgenbachite xls up to 2.5 mm on matrix with malachite and cuprite in association.
Specimen weight:97 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 24 mm
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Rouaite - Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS9163)
Aggregate of thick, greenish-blue, tabular crystals of Rouaite up to 5 mm on a red cuprite matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 5 mm
Overall size:34mm x 24 mm x 15 mm
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Goldhillite -Tripoli Mine, Del Cura Ravine, Huércal de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
(#MINS9155)
Dark green Goldhillite xls with adamantine luster with Conichalcite and Malachite in association.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:43mm x 30 mm x 28 mm
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Lanthanite-(Ce) - Britannia Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK (TL)
(#MINS9109)
Lanthanite-(Ce) sub-mm clear glassy crystals set on matrix with malachite in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:30mm x 18 mm x 12 mm
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Posnjakite - Richtarova - Staré Hory - Slovakia
(#GM25027)
A partly mammillary crust of a light and dark blue color partially covers the surface of this specimen.
It is posnjakite, an uncommon copper sulfate and ...
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:58mm x 47 mm x 37 mm
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Dioptase - Sanda mine, Reneville, Congo
(#12466_DIOP_DANI)
Very nice and large dioptase crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:65mm x 45 mm x 45 mm
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Plancheite, Calcite and Malachite - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12418_PLAN_DANI)
Very nice light blue plancheite spherules with calcite and malachite.
Specimen weight:97 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 52 mm x 50 mm
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Pharmacosiderite, Carminite, Malachite - Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
(#9947b_PHAR_DANI)
Nice creamy pharmacosiderite cubes with globular malachite and carminite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:55mm x 30 mm x 23 mm
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Plancheite and Unknown - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12417_PLAN_DANI)
Superb plancheite in spherical xx with dark unknown xx (possibily goethite or heterogenite)
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:82mm x 39 mm x 20 mm
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Plancheite and Unknown - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12409_PLAN_DANI)
Rare plancheite globular xxwith a dark brown unidentified mineral (possibly heterogenite).
Specimen weight:41 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:90mm x 55 mm x 20 mm
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Cyanotrichite - Qinglong Sb-Au deposit - Qinglong Co. - Qianxi'nan Autonomous pref. - Guizhou prov. - China
(#GM23077)
Beautiful specimen that is partially covered by evident, fibrous spheres made of blue electric needles of cyanotrichite.
They form a very dense carpet ...
Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:65mm x 37 mm x 38 mm
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Cuprite, Malachite - Kolwezi Mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#11850_MALA_DANI)
Cuprite xx covered by malachite and primary malachite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:68 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:48mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Dolomite (Var: Cobalt-bearing Dolomite) - Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS8821)
Specimen rich covered by Cobalt-bearing Dolomite in small super-colorful purple crystals on (sawed) matrix.
Specimen weight:202 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:66mm x 45 mm x 38 mm
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Cuprite and crysocholla - Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS8653)
Cluster of dark red cuprite xls up to 1,5 cm wide are spread all over a carpet of pale blue chrysocholla.From the famous Mashamba West mine.
Specimen weight:76 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:43mm x 30 mm x 45 mm
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Cobalt-bearing Calcite - Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#BALD0774)
Cobalt-bearing Calcite's crystals up to 12 mm, with a nice pink color, in very good conditions, completely cover the matrix. Very aesthetic sample, photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:292 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 12 mm
Overall size:106mm x 86 mm x 35 mm
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Malachite on Copper - Jezkazgan, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
(#BALD0756)
Superb arborescent Copper's sample, partially crystallized, covered by a Malachite's spherettes patina, that gives it a pleasant appearance. In very good conditiond and really very aesthetic.
Specimen weight:124 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:97mm x 82 mm x 15 mm
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Azurite with Malachite - Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
(#BALD0752)
Numerous Azurite's crystals with an intense blue color, with needle-like Malachite, completely cover the limonitic matrix. The sample is partially crystallized also on the rear.
Specimen weight:295 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:90mm x 64 mm x 58 mm
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Cornetite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lubumbashi - Katanga Copper Crescent - Katanga - Zaire
(#GM21001)
A crust of spherical-shaped, dark blue colored crystals of cornetite covers the surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:155 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:60mm x 50 mm x 28 mm
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Kolwezite - Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#FERR1542)
Green-brown spherical aggregates of Kolwezite spread on Cobaltoandolomite in small purple crystals.
Excellent and rare!
Specimen weight:637 gr.
Crystal size:4,5 cm dia
Overall size:105mm x 85 mm x 45 mm
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Heterogenite - L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
(#FERR1527)
Specimen featuring an array of lustrous, black bubbly heterogenite botryoids. The crystals rest on a turquoise-blue and green Chrysocolla matrix creating a nice contrast.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:area 2 cm
Overall size:50mm x 36 mm x 20 mm
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Cuprite - Okandawasi, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
(#MINS7750)
Specimen with well formed Cuprite crystal up to 1,6 cm wide aesthetically covered by Malachite on a bed of bluish-green Chrysocolla.
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,6 wide
Overall size:37mm x 18 mm x 40 mm
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Malachite - Tsumeb - Oshikoto Region - Namibia
(#GM20024)
A carpet of soft felted thin crystals of malachite covers the surface of this specimen.
The color is dark green: when you move the specimen under a light, it changes to pale
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:67mm x 32 mm x 31 mm
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Cuprite on Chrysocolla - Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#BALD0645)
Dark red Cuprite's crystals make a nice contrast with the Chrysocolla, from which they emerge. Ex Cirina collection.
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:40mm x 52 mm x 42 mm
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Heterogenite and malachite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lubumbashi - Katanga Copper Crescent - Katanga - Zaire
(#GM18082)
The surface of this specimen is covered by several brilliant and dark black crystals of heterogenite.
They are in strong contrast with the green of the malachite ...
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:54mm x 32 mm x 20 mm
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