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Murdochite & Malachite

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Murdochite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Higgins Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm
Description

Cuprite matrix with a nice coverage of dark lustrous murdochite crystals and green prismatic malachite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Murdochite

Formula: 
PbCu6O8-x(Cl,Br)2x where x<=0.5
Strunz: 
3.DB.45
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Malachite

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

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