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Malachite

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Locality: 
Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 6.5 × 5 cm
Description

Older specimen from the Dr F. Krantz stock: A sample of massive cuprite covered with a layer of malachite. Some acicular malachite crystals are also present in small vugs in the cuprite matrix. Comes with a typical typewritten label.

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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