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Pyromorphite & Malachite

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Pyromorphite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 7 × 5.5 cm
Description

Yellowish green prismatic pyromorphite crystals perched on green malachite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyromorphite

Formula: 
Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Malachite

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