Malachite 12-17x22-33mm A Grade Medium Free Form Cabochon R1153 with red vinyl handles

with red vinyl handles

it often features a metallic sheen or silvery chatoyancy caused by internal structural healing

blue-greens and greens swirled with yellow-green

translucent stone

Malachite 12-17x22-33mm A Grade Medium Free Form Cabochon R1153 with red vinyl handlesMalachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding. Usually found near copper deposits, it is formed through the combination of carbonated water, limestone and copper. Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20 to ton blocks of the stone, while today it is primarily mined in Africa. Malachite was used extensively as decoration in the palaces of Russian tsars and forms the columns of St. Isaacs