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A group of malachite specimens all in vertical images. Malachite comes in so many astonishing forms. These are all shown by the higher end dealer, Marcus Budil. I saw far more malachite from many dealers than is typical. Democratic Republic of Congo is the source for the specimens. You can spot the growing fan base in the specimens shown prominently each year. This is also a big year for fluorite.

Malachite is a green mineral of many forms. This specimen is about 6” each tall in rounded columns like long fat fingers or a stack of sausages. It likely forms upside down in a cave or pocket. There is a fine sparkling smooth texture on this. It almost looks like a sprayed powder coat but it’s all natural. It’s beautiful piece priced about $5,200. Other pieces are shown behind and below on the glass shelves.
Malachite is a green mineral of many forms. This specimen is about 7” tall for the tallest columns in a cluster with the fat bases joined to a harder matrix stone. It is shown pointing up but likely forms down in a cave or pocket. You can see the growth rings of layers of the green malachite formed in drips and blobs. It’s beautiful.
Malachite here in a specimen of 6 fat columns shown pointing up. It is about 9” tall and 5” width at the base. This specimen likely forms upside down in a cave or pocket. It’s different from the other vertical pieces shown in the previous photos because it is not smooth but showing a heavy texture of crunchy coarse green crystal grains. It seems like a castle made with many towers, torrents and decorative spires.

Malachite here in a specimen of 6 fat columns shown pointing up. It is about 9” tall and 5” width at the base. This specimen likely forms upside down in a cave or pocket. It’s different from the other vertical pieces shown in the previous photos because it is not smooth but showing a heavy texture of crunchy coarse green crystal grains. It seems like a castle made with many towers, torrents and decorative spires.
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- DR Congo: More than 200 killed in mine collapse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly381dvnvzo
The mines in Rubaya hold about 15% of the world's supply and half of the DR Congo's total deposits.

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WFP highlights severe hunger Crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TP8Zj3

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faces one of the worst cholera outbreaks in a decade. Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières ()

Since January, over 58,000 suspected cases and 1,700 deaths have been reported in Democratic Republic of Congo.

MSF calls for coordinated action to ensure the provision of medical care, drinking water and proper sanitation.

https://www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-republic-of-congo-cholera-epidemic-rapidly-spreading-across-the-country

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Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize campaign – which he recently took to the United Nations General Assembly — has followed a familiar pattern: Invent or inflate a problem, claim to have solved it, and then demand a reward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/28/world/trumps-peacemaker-hype/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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"The report spans 21 situations of concern, with the highest number of cases recorded in the , the Democratic Republic of the Congo (), , and .

Additionally, of the parties credibly suspected of committing or permitting , there are new listings in the DRC, and the Occupied Palestinian Territory."



https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165682

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Three Americans sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for participating in a failed coup last year have been returned to the United States. @npr has more.
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🇨🇦 From the bombs falling on Palestine to the theft of Indigenous land to the war profiteering in DRC—Canadian mining kills, destroys, colonizes.

Show up on March 2 to stand with frontline communities resisting Canadian mining & militarism to .

https://mininginjustice.org/pdac2025/

https://x.com/mininginjustice/status/1891532328016429064




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Implementing agreements to secure the vast and rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo would go further than vilifying Rwanda's Kagame. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/02/18/world/sanctions-on-rwanda/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

@SANKOFAB@zirk.us avatar SANKOFAB , to random

🇫🇷🇨🇩 France’s strategy in the DRC has been one of covert manipulation, military interference and economic exploitation, often using proxy forces to maintain control while publicly positioning itself as a neutral actor.

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WEST ALLOWS KAGAME IMPUNITY IN CONGO

Maurice Carney, co-founder and executive director of Friends of the Congo (@congofriends), argued on Episode 18 of our ‘Pan-African Attitude’ podcast that Rwanda's president, Paul Kagame, is a puppet of the West

https://x.com/african_stream/status/1891051770563994050

https://africanstream.media/kagame-knows-everything-except-where-his-troops-are/

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what the fuck do we do. theyve destroyed communication in gaza. they keep bombing. we don't even know how bad it is. if it was that bad when the world was watching. Jesus.

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Let's Act Together is a Congo based organization helping displaced Congolese

https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-take-action-for-congo

We are launching a support campaign for the displaced Congolese people in Goma. We need your help to support these families in need! More info coming soon! Feel free to reach out to @Landry0204 on tiktok or instagram! He is on the ground in Goma providing aid to displaced civilians, I have set up this go fund me for him in order to fund all of the life saving work that he is doing.

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"This week, the M23 rebel group, which has claimed to have captured the city of Goma, called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire after clashes with government forces left nearly 3,000 people killed."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/africa/female-inmates-raped-killed-goma-jailbreak-intl/index.html

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“We are indeed seeing a replica of the Second Congo War with the same actors but in slightly different configurations,” analyst Paul Nantulya of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies told Al Jazeera, referring to the leading roles both countries played in what’s now referred to as the 1998 “Great Africa War” when Rwandan and Ugandan troops invaded the DRC."

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At the time, thousands across the globe protested against the atrocities in the DRC, calling for an end to the looting and killings. Today, illegal mining and smuggling from the DRC’s mines – which provide 70 percent of the global supply of coltan and cobalt that powers electronics – have largely continued, as have deaths and displacements due to armed group activity."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/13/people-need-a-break-drc-conflict-reignites-dark-memories-of-congo-wars

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