MALACHITE

In Africa Malachite is wildly used to create jewelry and beads, animal ornaments and decorative plates. It maintains better value and stability than some countries currency, such as is the case in the war torn Zaire.

Malachite for mellow in Greek, is possibly the easiest gemstone to recognize, due to its unique signature of bands in all shades of green black and white.


The gemstone is a basic carbonate of copper and its bands, are formed by changes in pressure and heat during its creation, which lasts some half a million years.

Malachite also evolves together with a whole spectrum of specimens.
This phenomena of combined entities, brought to existence such magnificent specimens as Azurite and Chrysocolla.

The gemstone is famous for its usage in the making of jewelry and ornaments. But it was also used as a color pigment for painting in Egyptian tombs, thousands of years ago. Its a simple process of crashing the stone and mixing it with water. © jonber™

Coming soon: how I traders with Zairian Malachite traders in Bruma Lake Johannesburg, South Africa. 

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