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Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.7 × 6.2 × 2 cm
Description

A thin plate of lovely velvety malachite with swirls and tufts intermixed with small pieces of red matrix.

A very pretty piece from this deposit that was excavated for research purposes by the Australian museum in the mid to late 1970s.

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
Gondwana Minerals