Red Malachite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch featured_01112024 is desired by some collectors

is desired by some collectors as proof of a natural stone

but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue to green associated with true Turquoise

It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon

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Red Malachite 8mm Round - 15-16 Inch featured_01112024 is desired by some collectorsMalachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding. Usually found near copper deposits, it is formed through the combination of carbonated water, limestone and copper. Famous malachite mines in the Ural mountains of Russia once produced 20 to ton blocks of the stone, while today it is primarily mined in Africa. Malachite was used extensively as decoration in the palaces of Russian tsars and forms the columns of St. Isaacs