Malachite

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We have malachite, azurite, and chrysocolla. We also offer silver ore and other one off or unique specimens.

Shell pendants with lapis lazuli, others with malachite, some with glass. Photo by kafka4prez. Licensed under CC By-SA 2.0.

Azurites and malachites on a limonite crust, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos. © Rob Lavinsky, www.iRocks.com.…

A jewelry box carved from azurite with patterns of malachite and cuprite, 7.62 x 5.38 x 2.54 cm. Photo courtesy of liveauctioneers.com and Heritage…

Deep blue azurite cabochon with green malachite “eyes,” 150 cts, 54.4 x 38.2 x 8.7 mm, Bisbee, Arizona. © 49erMinerals. Used with permission.…

Azurite with malachite: Bisbee, Arizona (~ 4 inches high). Photo © Joel E. Arem, PhD, FGA. Used with permission.