Polished green malachite (2.1kg) on brass base
PUMI2006-1
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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