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Pseudomalachite

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Pseudomalachite

Ex Franz Collection (Germany)

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Description
Locality: 
Virneberg Mine, Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.3 × 4.8 cm
Description

A beautiful old time specimen of deep blue green radially crystalline pseudomalachite spanning a brecciated quartz matrix.

From the German Franz collection.

Christian Rewitzer is away for a few weeks.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pseudomalachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany