Pseudomalachite (old - Kidwell Coll.)

Item Description

Showy, rare, rich and old pseudomalachite from this less well-known DR Congo copper and cobalt mine. Soft to the touch bubbly pseudomalachite botryoids fill a sculptural elongated vug lined with banded malachite. Specimens from here are uncommon compared to other better known mines in the famous Copper Crescent. From the worldwide mineral collection of Albert Lewis Kidwell (January 1, 1919 - August 16, 2008). Al was a well-known mineral collector and research geologist with Carter Oil Company and later Exxon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. The phosphate species Kidwellite was named in his honor in 1974. RARE and fine old-time material, as Al acquired this very fine specimen in 1961.