The individual gemstone beads are rectangular in shape and range in size from 7x3 to 12x3 mm

6x2 inches

Origin: Rio do Sol

It has a nice luster and lovely colored hues

Product ID: SS0428

Malachite | Polished Ornamental Stone | 161 Grams | Shaba Copper Belt, Congo | SO24 Howlite The individual gemstone beads areThis is a beautiful polished free form of Malachite from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Malachite is perhaps the one of the most popular minerals for collectors due to its intense green color and sometimes beautiful, banded masses. Africa contains several outstanding Malachite deposits. The mines at Katanga (Shaba), especially at Kolwezi, in the Congo (Zaire) produce Malachite in all sorts of odd shapes and forms, and are the source of the best