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Malachite with Native Copper
$700.00 €682 £580.00 approx. This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.
ID:
CC10346
A coral-like formation of Native Copper, largely covered by micro-crystallised druses of light peppermint to leafy mid-green Malachite. This cabinet specimen is from Rudabánya in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary, a silver and copper mining district dating back to the medieval period. The mineralised zone extended over a distance of about 10 km; an area now strewn with abandoned, water-filled open pits and extensive mine dumps. Very limited areas of dark maroon-red Cuprite can be seen and once located, is massive rather than crystalline. An old-time specimen of Malachite coating Native Copper from Hungary.