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Malachite & Rosasite

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Malachite & Rosasite

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Description
Locality: 
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 10.5 × 5.8 cm
Weight: 
317.00gr
Description

Fine velvet lustrous light green Malachite filling beautifully a shell-like open vug of limonite, typical from the locality, especially from older finds like this one, with fine blue Rosasite crystals crystallized in lines over the Malachite. Sweet and aesthetic specimen 

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

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

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