Malachite Box with Handle Fish Fossils This unique tree produces a

This unique tree produces a large underground root with many outgrowths

it may also occur as grains or in masses

160 million years ago

It's considered to get its color from trace amounts of aluminum or phosphate

Pyrite crystals are common

Malachite Box with Handle Fish Fossils This unique tree produces aMalachite is a secondary mineral of copper ore that is light green to deep dark blue green in color. The name Malachite is derived from ancient Greece, meaning "Mallow green stone", in reference to the leafy foliage found on the Mallow plant. Typically, Malachite is found as crystalline aggregates, or crusts, and the mineral is commonly found in banded form, similarly to agate. Sometimes it is found in botryoidal (bulbous) cluster formations. When a