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Pseudomalachite

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Pseudomalachite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
El Novillero Mine, Cheles, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.2 × 2 cm
Description

This is a very good specimen of very beautiful and gemmy green pseudomalachite on goethite matrix.

Truely a fantastic specimen especially under the microscope or a lense.

 

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