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Tarnowitzite & Malachite

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Tarnowitzite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 9 × 5.5 cm
Description

A showy, excellent and rich combination specimen from the Tsumeb Mine. Lustrous, pseudo-hexagonal, "towers" of tarnowitzite or plumboan aragonite are richly covered with contrasting green, primary malachite crystals.

Beautiful old time specimen !

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tarnowitzite

Variety Of: 

Aragonite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz), Upper Silesia (Śląskie), Poland

Malachite

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