Mineral Specimen #6161 Shattuckite, Malachite
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
5.4 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
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Spherical aggregates of Shattuckite rest on blue/green color Chrysocolla. Most of the Shattuckite is a robin egg blue color with the section of one area where the color is a dark blue and the habit is fibrous. There are several concave casts on the surface which may be left from dissolved Malachite. The color is slightly darker around the edges of these casts.
Condition: Very Good
Flaws: The Chrysocolla has cracks in it. The casts at first glance appear to be damage, but are not.
This mineral is also found in the following galleries: Minerals From Africa | Inosilicates | Phyllosilicates | Pseudomorphs | Minerals Priced Between 50 and 99 Dollars