Polished green malachite (6.8kg) on brass base
PUMI1463
This block of malachite comes from Congo, from province of Katanga. It was polished to reveal all the grades of green inside this mineral . Since the Antiquity, the malachite is used as a pigment in the paint for its clear and bright blue-green tones, in particular in the painting of icons. Pline speaks about it for the first time in 77 ap. JC.
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