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Gold With Malachite & Chrysocolla

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Gold With Malachite & Chrysocolla

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province/Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 3.4 × 1.3 cm
Weight: 
13.00gr
Description

This colorful specimen features  high lustrous gold blebs on a matrix consisting of green malachite, brown limonite and grey quartz. Some mall vugs lined with turquoise-green balls of chrysocolla are present.
A fine sample from a classic chilean locality!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

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