Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Malachite Azurite

Views:
Watches:
UMM957236

Malachite Azurite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.5 × 0.7 cm
Weight: 
33.00gr
Description

This is a malachite from Katanga in Congo. The piece is a former stalactites. This was sawn to pieces. Hence the concentric appearance. In the former stalactite, layers of azurite and malachite alternate. Whereby Malachite clearly predominates. 

Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Azurite

Formula: 
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Current price

Starting price

10
(reserve not met) (reserve met)

You are the highest bidder

You have been outbid

Proxy bid set
Delayed bid pending at
Delayed Bid is Outbid

Your maximum bid €:

(Enter or more)

Start 20 Jan 18:00
End
No. of bids view history

Shipping Information

Postage Area Price
Deutschland
5
Europa
8
Weltweit
10

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

Es gelten die allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen nach deutschem BGB.