Malachite | Polished Ornamental Stone | 161 Grams | Shaba Copper Belt, Congo Hackmanite is a variety of quartz

is a variety of quartz with embedded needle-like rutile inclusions

while cubic zirconia is a synthetic material often used as a diamond simulant

The shock stage of S2 and weathering grade of W1 is recorded for these pieces

Comes with a Canagem Collection and a Michael Cottingham Collection specimen cards

The locals believe that these crystals are the “Eyes of God “ and that they hold the knowledge and wisdom of all past yogis and saints of the Buddhist and Hindu traditions

Malachite | Polished Ornamental Stone | 161 Grams | Shaba Copper Belt, Congo Hackmanite is a variety of quartzThis is a beautiful polished free form of Malachite from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Malachite is perhaps the one of the most popular minerals for collectors due to its intense green color and sometimes beautiful, banded masses. Africa contains several outstanding Malachite deposits. The mines at Katanga (Shaba), especially at Kolwezi, in the Congo (Zaire) produce Malachite in all sorts of odd shapes and forms, and are the source of the best