Malachite
 
Locality: Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

Size: 46 mm x 40 mm, 48 grams
 
A beautiful, characteristic Malachite on metallic ore matrix specimen from Tsumeb mine. There is also a tiny Cerussite crystal perched on the Malachite.
 
Malachite is a secondary copper mineral, often an opaque green banded stone that crystallizes and could form botryoidal, fibrous or stalagmitic crystal growths. Its name is derived from the Greek words, molochitis lithos meaning "mallow-green stone".
 
From the world renowned, multi-ore Tsumeb mine in Namibia. The mine was closed down in 1996, bringing to an end of an era of being one of the best specimen-producing mines in the world. Specimens from this locality are highly collectable and has also produced some of the best specimens. The mine is also known for being one of the richest in mineral species of which many new species has been described from here.