Malachite with Quartz

specimen number:
9506213

location:
Mindingi mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

description:

Velvety green botryoidal crystallized malachite across the top of a crystallized quartz matrix. There are stalactites of crystallized malachite to almost 2.5 cm in height coming off this as well. This neat specimen is in very good condition.

The Mindingi Mine, located near Kambove in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sits within the heart of the prolific Central African Copperbelt. Geologically, the deposit is hosted within Neoproterozoic sedimentary sequences of the Katanga Supergroup, where intense tectonic activity and fluid circulation concentrated rich copper and cobalt ores within fractured carbonate and shale units. Historically, the area has been shaped by both large-scale colonial exploration under Belgian rule and subsequent generations of artisanal and small-scale mining operations. Mineralogically, the locality is celebrated by collectors for yielding superb secondary copper specimens, particularly fine associations of fibrous malachite and crystallized quartz.

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