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Malachite & Adamite

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Malachite & Adamite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
19.5 × 11 × 4.7 cm
Weight: 
1 044.00gr
Description

Superb intense green Malachite thick crystallization, old time specimen, very unusual for the locality in such density and size, with a beautiful velvet luster on the Malachite surface, associated with sporadic, along the specimen, dark green gemmy aggregates of cuprian Adamite microcrystals, contrasting beautifully with the lighter green botryoidal and sinuate Malachite  

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

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