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Malachite

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CR135573

Malachite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Gumeshevskii Mine, Polevskoy, Sysert District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 5 cm
Description

This specimen come from the very famous Rijksmuseum Stockholm.

The very famous collector and mineralogist Gustav Flink (1849-1931) collected this specimen on one of his journey to Russia in 1889.

A large lustrous green malachite ball in a vug of the limonitic matrix.

Very good old specimen with a wonderful old label.

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