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Native Copper Brochantite & Malachite

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Native Copper Brochantite & Malachite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Christiana Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.9 × 0.2 cm
Weight: 
1.50gr
Description

Impressive, small and very thin sheet-like and arborescent Native Copper formation, from the classic locality, covered totally, front and back, by dark cypress-green, gemmy and prismatic, sparkling Brochantite microcrystals and acicular green Malachite microcrystals, concentrated on one side of the upper part of the specimen

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Brochantite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Malachite

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

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