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Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Shilu Mine, Yangchun County, Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

This is some of the finest malachite I have seen come out of China. Simply beautiful velvet like botryoidal malachite, no matrix. Banding can be seen in section and the reverse side is also very nice, but different.

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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