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Pseudomalachite

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Pseudomalachite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mwerkera, Ndola District, Copper Belt Province, Zambia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1 × 5 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

the copper phosphate forms bright dark green crystal aggregates of 2 mm large crystals, very rich on up to cavities in quartz matrix. Outstanding good specimens from a new find

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