Malachite on Chrysocolla (ex David Burgess Collection)

Item Description

A classic from the famous "Star of the Congo" Mine. This small cabinet specimen features very good sized botryoidal group of Chrysocolla which are partially covered by sparkling forest green Malachite. I really love the strong turquoise color of the Chrysocolla against the dark cool green Malachite creating a very pretty color contrast. The piece is in good shape, mostly damage free, but what's most interesting is the fact that some of the contacted edges show the center of the "balls" on this specimen actually contain Malachite at their core, meaning this piece is actually Malachite coated by Chrysocolla coated by Malachite! From the worldwide collection of David Burgess (1951-2016). David was a prolific species collector from Newington, Connecticut, and the namesake for the extremely rare cobalt arsenate species Burgessite, which he discovered.