Malachite, Stalactite, Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
Size: 8.1x2.0x1.8 cm
Species: Malachite, Stalactite
Locality: Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
Description: A cluster of multiple intertwined, chatoyant malachite stalactites with pitted texture that gives the piece almost two different levels on the surface. Dark green and in fantastic condition, beyond being obviously contacted on one end. This particular cluster seems to have broken at the tip and begun to partially recrystallize. The Shilu Mine is world renowned as producing some of the best botryoidal malachite specimens to recently come to the market. These stalactites are formed within oxidized supergene zones and are the result of copper rich groundwater repetitively precipitating to create these elongate structures. The solution hole where saturated water percolates through runs like a tube down the entire interior of the specimen.
ID: 27243
Size: 8.1x2.0x1.8 cm
Species: Malachite, Stalactite
Locality: Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
Description: A cluster of multiple intertwined, chatoyant malachite stalactites with pitted texture that gives the piece almost two different levels on the surface. Dark green and in fantastic condition, beyond being obviously contacted on one end. This particular cluster seems to have broken at the tip and begun to partially recrystallize. The Shilu Mine is world renowned as producing some of the best botryoidal malachite specimens to recently come to the market. These stalactites are formed within oxidized supergene zones and are the result of copper rich groundwater repetitively precipitating to create these elongate structures. The solution hole where saturated water percolates through runs like a tube down the entire interior of the specimen.
ID: 27243
Size: 8.1x2.0x1.8 cm
Species: Malachite, Stalactite
Locality: Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
Description: A cluster of multiple intertwined, chatoyant malachite stalactites with pitted texture that gives the piece almost two different levels on the surface. Dark green and in fantastic condition, beyond being obviously contacted on one end. This particular cluster seems to have broken at the tip and begun to partially recrystallize. The Shilu Mine is world renowned as producing some of the best botryoidal malachite specimens to recently come to the market. These stalactites are formed within oxidized supergene zones and are the result of copper rich groundwater repetitively precipitating to create these elongate structures. The solution hole where saturated water percolates through runs like a tube down the entire interior of the specimen.
ID: 27243
