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Native Copper With Malachite

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Native Copper With Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Isa, Mount Isa City Shire, Queensland, Australia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.7 × 2 cm
Description

A really showy specimen of Malachite on Native copper.

Old collection piece.

From the 5th level, Mount Isa Mine. Mount Isa, Queensland.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Malachite

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