Pseudomalachite on Quartz (Belsky Coll.)

Item Description

Pseudomalachite is a relatively uncommon hydrated copper phosphate found in the oxidized of copper deposits. Grass-green and forest-green botryoids richly cover the top and bottom of the blocky quartz matrix. Older, very rich, colorful and an excellent example from this famous, extinct copper, silver, lead mine. Ex Howard Belsky Collection.