Shattuckite with Malachite

specimen number:
2063807

location:
Kaokoveld, Kunene, Namibia

description:
An attractive open pocket 3.0 x 1.0 cm in size lined with blue velvety crystallized botryoidal shattuckite. This set on a quartz matrix, most of the rest of the matrix is covered with green crystallized malachite. In good condition. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Ray DeMark.

The Kaokoveld Plateau in the Kunene region of northwestern Namibia features rugged Proterozoic and Damara-belt geological formations where weathering and oxidation of primary copper sulfides yielded a rich secondary zone of mineral assemblages. Rather than heavy industrial mining, the area is globally famous for artisanal and small-scale pocket mining targeting world-class cabinet specimens. Shattuckite occurs here as striking deep blue radial spheres, velvety acicular crusts, and hollow pseudomorphs after quartz, frequently associated with emerald-green dioptase, fibrous plancheite, and bright malachite within rugged desert matrix pockets.

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