Azurite/Malachite

A very colorful, large and aesthetic combo piece featuring botryoidal and banded turquoise-blue Chrysocolla with deep-green Malachite. All natural with no polishing or dyes. Location: Katanga, DR Congo Size: 12.5 x 6 x 7.5 cm

A unique piece featuring deep-green micro-botryoidal Malachite with minor Chrysocolla on matrix. The Malachite has a miniature stalactitic-like formation - very uncommon. Great color, contrast and formation. In excellent condition. Location: Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province, DR Congo Size: 11.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm...

This is a beautiful eye-catching piece of turquoise-blue Chrysocolla over botryoidal Malachite in a vug, with the layering nicely displayed on the edges. A very aesthetic specimen of Chrysocolla in excellent condition. Location: L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, DR Congo Size: 8.5 x 7 x...

A unique piece featuring crystalline nodules of deep-blue Azurite and mint-green Malachite on a cream-colored matrix. The color and contrast is amazing - a great piece in excellent condition. Location: Touissit-Bou Beker Mining District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Size: 7.5 x 6 x 8.5 cm...

A large and truly superb piece featuring lustrous, translucent, deep-blue Azurite crystals on a cream-colored matrix. There are Azurite crystals throughout all the surfaces, but the front is completely packed with row after row of amazing tabular Azurite crystals. The sparkle (due to the...

A very aesthetic piece of velvety Malachite on deep blue Azurite, all on a brown matrix. In excellent condition.

A very aesthetic piece of velvety Malachite with sparse deep-blue Azurite, all on a brown matrix. In excellent condition. Location: Aouli, Midelt, Morocco Size: 8 x 6.5 x 8 cm

This unique specimen features a white Kaolinite matrix hosting two pairs of disc-shaped, inter-grown concretions of royal-blue Azurite crystals. The contrast and symmetry is amazing - a superb and aesthetic specimen in excellent condition. Location: Malbunka Copper Mine, Western Aranda, Areyonga, Central Australia, Northern Territory,...

This specimen features a white Kaolinite matrix hosting two disc-shaped, intergrown concretions of royal-blue Azurite crystals. The contrast and symmetry is amazing - a superb and aesthetic specimen in excellent condition. Location: Malbunka Copper Mine, Western Aranda, Areyonga, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia Size: 6 x...

This specimen features a white Kaolinite matrix hosting a large, singe disc-shaped concretion of royal-blue Azurite crystals, along with a much smaller companion concretion. The contrast and symmetry is amazing - a superb and aesthetic specimen in excellent condition. Location: Malbunka Copper Mine, Western Aranda,...

A large piece featuring green, fibrous, hemispherical aggregates of Malachite displaying a chatoyant, silky luster (Chatoyancy: an optical reflectance effect, as in “cat’s eye,” arising from the fibrous structure of a material . . . ). A little wordy, I know - but it’s...

A stunning and exceptionally large piece featuring large green, fibrous, intersecting hemispherical aggregates of Malachite displaying a chatoyant, silky luster (Chatoyancy: an optical reflectance effect, as in “cat’s eye,” arising from the fibrous structure of a material . . . ). A little wordy,...

A nice combination piece featuring a shallow vug lined with deep-green crystalline Malachite with accents of sky-blue Chrysocolla throughout the piece, especially on the back. Great color and contrast. In excellent condition. Location: Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, DR Congo Size: 6.5 x 2.5 x 7 cm...

A quality piece featuring coverage on all sides of lustrous, translucent deep-blue Azurite crystals with minor green Malachite from Tusmeb. Great color and contrast. In excellent condition. Location: Tsumeb, Namibia Size: 2.8 x 2.5 x 4 cm

A striking piece featuring lustrous, translucent, deep-blue Azurite crystals on a green Malachite coated matrix with colorless lustrous Cerussite crystals from Tsumeb. There are Azurite crystals thoughout all the surfaces, but the front is densely populated with numerous amazing tabular Azurite crystals. The sparkle...

A very unique piece featuring deep-blue, translucent Azurite crystals and veins crisscrossing throughout a pale-green matrix from Tsumeb. The color, veining and contrast is very eye-catching. In excellent condition. Location: Tsumeb, Namibia Size: 8 x 3.5 x 4 cm

An attractive cluster of deep-blue, translucent, lustrous Azurite crystals on matrix from Tsumeb. The focal crystal has great color and an exceptionally reflective face. A great specimen from a desirable locality! Location: Tsumeb, Namibia Size: 5.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm

A striking piece featuring lustrous, translucent, deep-blue Azurite crystals on dark matrix from Tsumeb. There are Azurite crystals thoughout all the surfaces, but the front is completely packed with row after row of amazing tabular Azurite crystals. The sparkle (due to the numerous reflective...

A very unique and rare piece from Tsumeb featuring a large cluster of transparent, colorless Calcite rhombohedrons with fibrous green Malachite inclusions. The effect is striking - the color, contrast and crystal formation is exceptional. Great piece in excellent condition. Location: Tsumeb, Namibia Size: 7 x...

A lustrous, deep-green fan-shaped spray of Malachite acicular crystals on a dark-brown matrix from Tsumeb. A very unique piece and habit. Location: Tsumeb, Namibia Size: 3.2 x 1.8 x 3 cm

A very aesthetic piece of deep-green botryoidal Malachite with microcrystalline Malachite covering the entire surface, creating a beautiful sparkly luster. The botryoidal layering can be clearly seen on the cross-sections on the sides. Also some Chrysocolla veins on the back. A showy piece, in...

A very aesthetic piece of deep-green botryoidal Malachite coated with microcrystalline Malachite covering the entire surface, creating a beautiful sparkly luster. The botryoidal layering can be clearly seen on the cross-sections on the sides. A showy piece, in excellent condition. Location: Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga,...

A very unique and attractive piece featuring two vugs in a light-brown matrix coated with miniature, deep-blue Azurite crystals. Great color, contrast and symmetry - in excellent condition. Location: Azilal, Morocco Size: 8.5 x 6 x 10 cm

An exceptional specimen of turquoise-blue, botryoidal Chrysocolla with Malachite. The Chrysocolla is perfectly smooth and where the specimen was extracted you can see the banding in the Malachite. The color is completely natural and unaltered. It’s amazing and in great condition! Location: L'Etoile du Congo...

A rare and stunning specimen featuring numerous rich-green, sparkling microcrystalline Malachite stalactites rising from (or in their natural state, descending from . . . ) a botryoidal mass of banded Malachite. I was amazed when I saw this piece with all of the stalactites...

This specimen features a white Kaolinite matrix hosting three overlapping disc-shaped concretions of royal-blue Azurite crystals. The Azurite grew between layers in the Kaolinite and due to extreme pressure the Azurite was compressed and forced to grow laterally, radiating outward, thus frequently forming disc-shaped...

This specimen features a white Kaolinite matrix hosting a single disc-shaped concretion of royal-blue Azurite crystals. The Azurite grew between layers in the Kaolinite and due to extreme pressure the Azurite was compressed and forced to grow laterally, radiating outward, thus frequently forming disc-shaped...

This specimen features a white Kaolinite matrix hosting a single disc-shaped concretion of royal-blue Azurite crystals. The Azurite grew between layers in the Kaolinite and due to extreme pressure the Azurite was compressed and forced to grow laterally, radiating outward, thus frequently forming disc-shaped...

A superb, large single crystal of translucent, lustrous deep-blue Azurite. The Azurite crystal face is slightly striated and has a couple of minor occurrences of green fibrous Malachite, while the bottom is entirely fan-shaped fibrous Malachite. The contrast between the Azurite and Malachite is...

A very interesting piece: The matrix front is coated with mostly white to peach-colored miniature Barite blades which have in turn become partially coated with Malachite and lesser Azurite. The contrast really caught my eye, but under magnification it’s even more impressive. There is...