Detailed information
Species
Malachite
Dimensions
23 x 12 x 9
mm
Locality
Wissen Siegerland Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Condition
No recorded repairs
A terrific thumbnail of glassy and translucent dark bottle-green Malachite with a high lustre from Wissen in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany. An off-matrix specimen, the single composite crystal is built from multiple glassy acicular Malachite crystals in parallel alignment. The top is a complexly terminated jumble of the individual crystals and of generally a lighter green. Against strong light, the translucency of the outer Malachite crystals display neon-green edges.