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Malachite On Limonite

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Malachite On Limonite

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Description
Locality: 
Whim Creek Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4.3 × 2.1 cm
Description

Lovely spheres of malachite with minor frostings of calcite sitting on a contrasting dark limonite matrix very typical of this locality.

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
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