About the product:

💎 Mineral / Gem Type: Malachite

🌍 ⛏️ Origin: Congo Brazzaville

📐 Stone/gem dimensions: 12 millimeters x 9 wide x 5 thick.

⚖️ Weight : Approximately 0.5 grams - 2.5 carats

🔷 Shape: Oval

✨  Colors/Clarity: Green and black/Opaque

🔬 Treatment: None

📜 Certificate: Gem & Zen

🎁 Comes with a presentation box with a certificate from Gem & Zen, ideal for giving as a gift or treating yourself!

💍 Suggested use:

Pendant mounting (closed setting, copper/silver wire, or glued to support)

Handcrafted Jewelry: Perfect base for spiritual or symbolic creations

Collectible: Displayed on a stand to highlight the reflections

Personal talisman: Associated with energetic protection

📋 Mineralogical sheet:

Characteristic	Details

Name

Malachite

Other names / Variants

Green copper carbonate

Color

Light to dark green, with darker concentric bands and circles

Chemical composition

Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂ (basic copper carbonate)

Crystal system

Monoclinic

Hardness (Mohs)

3.5 – 4

Main source

Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Russia, Australia, United States

Virtues / properties

Protection, transformation, promotes change and personal evolution, absorbs negative energies

Astrological sign

Capricorn, Scorpio, Libra

Purification

Fumigation only ⚠️ (avoid water: porous and sensitive stone)

Recharging

Moonlight, quartz geode, amethyst druse

Short story

Used since Antiquity as a green pigment (paints, cosmetics), and as a protective stone; highly prized in jewelry and decorative objects.