Quartz with Shattuckite and Malachite

A gorgeous plate of forest green malachite contrasted by robins egg blue Shattuckite with minor quartz. The Milpillas Mine is contemporary but production of certain copper secondaries was limited and plates like this one less common. Great price!

Locality: Milpillas Mine, Municipio de Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico

Composition: copper carbonate and copper silicate hydroxide