Malachite 15mm AAA Grade Coin Cabochon Sonora Jasper **The strand pictured is banded

**The strand pictured is banded but the strand you receive may not be banded

as the main source of this stone comes from (as you can probably guess) Argentina

Mined in: Sri Lanka

over the course of millions of years

check out The Identification of Zachery Treated Turquoise

Malachite 15mm AAA Grade Coin Cabochon Sonora Jasper **The strand pictured is bandedMalachite 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