Description
Showcase the stunning combination of color and texture with this malachite and chrysocolla slab, a polished display piece that highlights the natural artistry of these two minerals. The slab features a captivating blend of rich green malachite and vivid blue chrysocolla, with swirling patterns and layered formations that make each section unique. The colors range from deep emerald and forest greens to bright, sky blues and turquoise shades, creating a striking contrast that draws the eye from every angle.
Both malachite and chrysocolla are copper-based minerals, and their coexistence in a single specimen is a testament to the fascinating processes that shape mineral deposits over time. The polished surface of the slab reveals intricate banding, subtle transitions between colors, and occasional pockets or textures that add depth and interest. Whether you’re a collector, mineral enthusiast, or someone who appreciates natural décor, this piece offers a bold and beautiful statement for any space.
This slab is generously sized and comes with a display stand, allowing you to showcase it immediately on a shelf, desk, or in a cabinet. The stand provides stability and the perfect viewing angle, making it easy to admire the details and colors up close. The piece works well as a centerpiece in a mineral collection, a conversation starter in your home, or as a thoughtful gift for anyone who enjoys unique natural specimens.
Malachite and chrysocolla are both valued for their visual appeal and the stories they tell about earth’s geological history. This slab provides an excellent example of mineral association and growth, making it a useful educational sample as well as a beautiful decorative object.
With its vibrant colors, polished finish, and included stand, this malachite and chrysocolla slab is a standout addition to any collection or display.
Size: Approx. 4.25″, 330g
This malachite and chrysocolla slab is a WYSIWYG.
For those who are unfamiliar with WYSIWYG, it means: What You See Is What You Get. Pieces identified as WYSIWYGs are not a random pull of stones that are similar to the one(s) pictured. Instead, you receive the actual piece that is pictured.
Learn More About Malachite & Chrysocolla
Malachite and chrysocolla are two stunning copper minerals often found together in nature. Malachite, with its vibrant green color, has the chemical formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. Chrysocolla, on the other hand, exhibits a range of colors from blue to green, depending on its copper content, and has the chemical formula Cu2H2Si2O5(OH)4.
These two minerals frequently coexist due to their similar formation processes. They are both secondary minerals, meaning they form from the alteration of primary copper minerals through weathering and oxidation. This often occurs in the upper oxidized zones of copper ore deposits.
Some of the most famous locations for finding these minerals together include the Congo, Zambia, and the American Southwest. These regions have rich copper deposits and ideal geological conditions for the formation of malachite and chrysocolla. Want to learn more? Check out these links for malachite and chrysocolla.
Malachite Metaphysical Properties:
- Assists with transformations, changing situations
- Assists with spiritual evolution
- Clears and activates all chakras, but especially great for the Heart and Throat charkas
- Helps with understanding one’s emotions
- Great for re-birthing and for the recognition and release of negative experiences that have been forgotten or lost to issues such as dissociation
- Helps get to the root of problems in the mind, body, and spirit
- Used for balancing
- Removes roadblocks in the way of goals and can illuminate the necessary steps to achieve a goal
- Assists one in taking personal responsibility with understanding both intellectually and intuitively
- Enhances the intuition and instincts
- Brings fidelity and loyalty to partnerships in business and other relationships
- Enhances responsibility and practicality in business pursuits
- Chakra Association: All, but especially the Heart and Throat
- Astrological Association: Capricorn, Scorpio
- Numerical Vibration: 9
Chemical Composition: Copper Carbonate Hydroxide- Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Chrysocolla Metaphysical Properties:
- Calms and revitalizes the Root, Navel (sometimes considered different from Solar Plexus), and Solar Plexus chakras
- Can ease emotional heartache at the Heart chakra and gives renewed balance and strength
- Helps to increase one’s capacity to love
- At the Throat chakra, it can balance and provide strength in communication and expression and helps one to refrain from verbalizing when silence would be the best medicine
- Helps one to ground
- Can assist in attuning to the Earth and communicate with spiritual forces of the Earth
- Can also assist one in knowing what is required to help the Earth to heal itself
- *For gridworkers, it can assist in increasing the ionization of the atmosphere
- Increases inner strength, especially during stressful and/or long-term situations
- Enhances physical vitality
- Assists with initiative qualities to help one get things done
- Helps to release distress and promote harmony by calming negative emotions
- Assists in helping one to understand others more thoroughly
- Helps one to realize that there is more to life than materiality
- Said to purify the home and environment
- Helps to eliminate negativity from within oneself
- Helps to stabilize the home and relationships
- **In energy healing practices, helps one to attune to the perfection of the Universe and provide insight into what is needed to help realign the physical body, intellect, and emotions toward a “perfect state of health”
- Chakra Association: See above
- Astrological Association: Gemini, Virgo, and Taurus
- Numerical Vibration: 5
Chemical Composition:
- Hydrated Copper Phyllosilicate- Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
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Please Note:
- Sizes and weights are approximate. Dimension sizes can vary based on the way the rock is formed. We hand measure our pieces on the longest side. Please see the pictures in the listing.
- The colors may vary due to monitor and lighting differences.
- Please use your own judgment when allowing children to handle.
- Not suggested for use in animal habitats or fish tanks.
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