Velvety MALACHITE Crystals with CUPRITE*Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Congo of Africa*331 selling grams or 11.7 ounces

Beautiful velvety hair like MALACHITE crystals are growing atop and within a cavity in dark wine red to gray solid CUPRITE, with some tiny Cuprite crystals on top. This very fine specimen was found at the Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa. PLEASE SEE ALL TEN photos. VERY BEAUTIFUL specimen measures 4 inches long or 100 millimeters X maximum of 2 1/2 inches wide or 63 millimeters X maximum of 1 3/4 inch thick OR 44 mm thick. Heavy piece weighs 331 grams OR 11.7 ounces OR close to 3/4 pound! Please read about both the Scientific and Metaphysical Properties of Malachite AND Cuprite, below.

SCIENTIFIC PROPERTIES OF MALACHITE

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Colour: Bright green, with crystals deeper shades of green, even vary dark to nearly black; green to yellowish green in transmitted light.
Lustre: Adamantine, Vitreous, Silky, Dull, Earthy
Hardness: 3½ - 4
Specific Gravity: 3.6 selling - 4.05
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Name: Named in antiquity (see Pliny the Elder, 79 CE) molochitus after the Greek μαλαχή, "mallows," in allusion to the green color of the leaves. Known in the new spelling, malachites, at least by 1661.

Malachite is a green, very common secondary copper mineral with a widely variable habit. Typically it is found as crystalline aggregates or crusts, often banded in appearance, like agates. It is also often found as botryoidal clusters of radiating crystals, and as mammillary aggregates as well. Single crystals and clusters of distinguishable crystals are uncommon, but when found they are typically acicular to prismatic. It is also frequently found as a pseudomorph after Azurite crystals, which are generally more tabular in shape.

SCIENTIFIC PROPERTIES OF CUPRITE

Chemical Formula: Cu2O
Colour: Dark red to cochineal red, sometimes almost black.
Lustre: Adamantine, Sub-Metallic, Earthy
Hardness: 3½ - 4
Specific Gravity: 6.14
Crystal System: Isometric
Name: Named in 1845 by Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger from the Latin "cuprum," in allusion to its composition. Haidinger renamed a previously known mineral that had been known by a wide variety of names.

Cuprite is commonly found as an oxidation product of copper sulphides in the upper zones of veins, often associated with Native Copper, Malachite, Azurite, Limonite and Chalcocite. A fibrous form of Cuprite is known as Chalcotrichite.

METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MALACHITE

Malachite is a protection stone, absorbing negative energies and pollutants from the atmosphere and from the body. It guards against radiation of all kinds, clears electromagnetic pollution and heals earth energies. [Hall, 183] Keep near microwaves in the kitchen and televisions in living areas. In the workplace Malachite protects against noise, over-bright fluorescent lighting, and harmful rays from technological equipment, negative phone calls and emails. [Eason, 283]

As a stone of travel, Malachite protects and overcomes fears of flying if you empower the crystal before a trip by holding it and envisioning yourself in the wings of the Archangel, Raphael. It helps with jet lag, encourages smooth business travel, and protects in travel on congested highways. [Eason, 42, 283]

Malachite is known for being a stone of support for airplane and airline workers as a protection against accidents, miners for protection from unexplained accidents, and for secretaries to stimulate clear thinking. [Mella, 129,132-133]

METAPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF CUPRITE

Cuprite is said to stimulate the base chakra. It is thought to promote grounding of the total body as well as increasing vitality and energy, it also helps deal with vertigo and altitude sickness.

Cuprite offers inner strength and deep seeded confidence as it heals trauma, especially emotional wounds inflicted by controlling authority figures. It allows you to recognize and honor the beauty of the power you carry within and helps the process of defining who you truly are. Bolstering passion for life, Cuprite helps you find courage during times of great stress. It bolsters the survival instinct, giving you the will power needed to take action and sustain a positive attitude during difficult times.

From The Book Of Stones, "Cuprite is just what is needed for those who are working on tough problems in the physical domain. Healing issues, irrational anxieties, fears around one's morality, unconscious terror connected to past trauma - for all those problems, one can benefit from a stone that works on the root chakra. Anyone wishing to activate, strengthen or heal the first chakra is recommended to wear or carry Cuprite throughout the day."