Primary Malachite on Shattuckite (ex Charlie Key Collection)

Item Description

A superb combination of beautiful, intense Shattuckite enveloping some just incredible primary Malachite crystals - long, shimmering crystals of Malachite formed on its own, without replacement of azurite (rare in this size) with individual crystal measuring up to 2.8 cm. The Malachite crystals are long, fibrous, and highly lustrous while the Shattuckite is in beautiful botryoids with a velvety texture. This material is hard to find on the market and certainly worth picking up now that the area seems to be producing very little. Ex Charlie Key personal collection. Charlie is arguably the most sucessful dealer of the second half of the 20th century, along with being the namesake for TWO mineral species (Keyite and Ludlockite).