Malachite Crystal Owl Carving Statue Green

This beautiful Carved Malachite Crystal Owl has beautiful green bands and a silky appearance. It's feet are sitting on a branch with leaves. This green Malachite Owl Carving has both sides carved, and is nearly 6" tall.

Less malachite is available today- read below. The Congo is the world's largest source of pure carvable malachite, although it is found in many other countries. Malachite is a heavy mineral, due to its copper, and it forms in banded layers, being beautiful when polished, sometimes having a silky appearance. It is cut and polished for jewelry in pendants and beads, but is somewhat too soft for rings.

It is composed of 66% copper, plus carbon and oxygen (contrary to rumors, 

it has NO Arsenic). Today, less and less malachite is available, because the world's largest copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are being bought up by Chinese mining companies for their copper content.