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Reichenbachite & Pseudomalachite

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Reichenbachite & Pseudomalachite

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Description
Locality: 
El Novillero Mine, Cheles, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

specimen with many  green crystals of  reichenbachite (light green) and pseudomalachite (dark green) crystals on gossan matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Reichenbachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Point 8.0, Borstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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

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