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Malachite & Cuprite

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Malachite & Cuprite

Ex Geoff Randall Collection (South Australia)

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Description
Locality: 
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.8 × 5.5 × 6 cm
Description

A good chunky representative specimen from this historic locality. Features massive patches of Cuprite mixed with bright green Malachite, which form blocky micro crystals, in a brecciated matrix.

Collected in the 1974-81 mining era.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malachite

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

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
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