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Malachite

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Malachite

With antique label
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Lauterberg, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 3.3 cm
Description

A rich coverage of sprays and radiating aggregates of malachite on Tile ore (Ziegelerz), a brick-red massive variety of Cuprite. A very old piece, collected in 1860, at most probably, the Kupferrose Mine near Bad Lauterberg. A very good and rare piece from this classic mining region.

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
Cartils Minerals

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