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Pseudomalachite & Malachite

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Pseudomalachite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Nkana Mine, Kitwe, Kitwe District, Copper Belt Province, Zambia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 5.4 × 4.4 cm
Weight: 
115.00gr
Description

A well specimn of dark green pseudomalachite on ligth green, massive malachite matrix.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Malachite

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