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Gold With Bornite & Malachite

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Gold With Bornite & Malachite

ex Marcus Lueg personal collection
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Description
Locality: 
Bleida Mine, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5.5 × 3 cm
Weight: 
114.00gr
Description

This moroccan specimen is from a quite new discovery: A bright lustrous, crystalline gold patch of appr. 6 mm size is perched upon a matrix mainly consisting of massive dark brown to blackish, metallic bornite and other ores. Associated with green malachite in the form of tiny acicular crystals.

A fine specimen with good size and clearly visible gold in a colorful matrix!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gold

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

Bornite

Formula: 
Cu5FeS4
Strunz: 
2.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Malachite

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

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