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Malachite Psm Cuprite & Cerussite

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Malachite Psm Cuprite & Cerussite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Mine #6, Agrileza, Sounion, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.8 × 9.8 × 3.4 cm
Weight: 
270.00gr
Description

Beautiful specimen with countless pseudomorphed Malachite after octahedral Cuprite crystals, densely crystallized but isolated on both sides of a gossan matrix, which one side exhibits a combination of pseudomorphed Cuprite together with thin and elongated white Cerussite crystals, and the opposite side contains a multitude of pseudomorphed Cuprite crystals only 

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

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

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