Malachite dressed for the holidays

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This is so adorable I just had to show you. It's Pala's featured gemstone this month, so it is available for purchase, should anyone be inclined to want it. Ya gotta admit, this thing is pretty darn festive for rocks.

Pala:
This month we feature a malachite and azurite from south of the border that seems to take on a symbolic holiday form of (all) sorts. The evergreen mass is a fibrous chatoyant malachite. Dangling from the bottom left are four main azurite clusters: pristine well-formed crystals that even show some transparency. The rest of the specimen has then been magically hung with spherical pyrite ornaments from China and topped with a complex penetrating spinel twin from Burma. A dazzling array for the season upon us.

Malachite with azurite from the Milpillas Mine in Sonora, Mexico, 12 x 9.4 x 4 cm, topped with a 4.5 x 4 x 3cm 5-star spinel from Burma, adorned with pyrite balls from China. (Photo Mia Dixon)

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