Azurite Malachite on Matrix - Small

This beautiful Azurite Malachite stone is truly a unique specimen with deep dark colors. set on Matrix. This small specimen is about  .5 inch in size.

Azurite is a soft stone, named for its deep “azure blue” color. It is a copper carbonate mineral found in the upper oxidized portions of copper ore formed in masses, nodules, tabular or prismatic crystals, sometimes with a vitreous luster.

Malachite is a deep-green mineral with darker green rings when polished. The rings come from a botryoidal (grape-like) growth structure when polished down. In ancient Egypt, the color green was associated with new life and fertility.  Malachite is thought to deepen emotional life, promote adventurousness, and promote power of imagination and decision.

 Each piece is similar, though no item at Crystal Joys is exactly the same as every item uses a unique stone that is non-fabricated.  Every item at Crystal Joys is truly "one of a kind". Slight variations in color, size and bead shape exist.