Calcite on Malachite
available$ 300
- Locality
- Tsumeb, Namibia
- Minerals
- Calcite, Malachite
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm
- Size class
- Small Cabinet
- SID
- P278
White Calcite crystals atop a layer of botryoidal Malachite. The top surface of the Malachite is smooth and rounded while the bottom surface is satiny with small acicular crystals. Non-pseudomorphous Malachite such as this was uncommon at Tsumeb. Ex. Carl Acosta collection.