Malachite 6 Pieces Tumbled Congo 1980’s

6 Malachite gemstones – Tumbled, Hand Polished, Green Swirls and Stripes, New Age, Healing Crystals Rocks Minerals, Pocket Stones, Congo
50.62 gms (253.10ct) total weight.
Sizes are measured in millimeters (25mm = 1 inch) between the two longest points:
44x18x10, 24x13x8, 23x17x10, 20x20x12, 24x13x6, and 15x15x7mm.

The Malachite stones in this offering are from Zaire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The photos are of the lot for sale and show top and bottom and different views of all sides of the stones.
Malachite is usually found in large opaque green masses, a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral. This opaque, green banded mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms in fractures and spaces, deep underground, where the water table and hydrothermal fluids provide the means for chemical precipitation.

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I began selling gems and minerals and studying gemology in the late 1980’s. I traveled around the states with gem/mineral and craft shows for a couple of years before settling in Gainesville, FL where I opened a shop called The White Cloud. In 1992, I got a job counseling, packed all the store stuff away and forgot about it until now. What a surprise to find these beautiful crystals and minerals after all that time…