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Baryte & Malachite

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Baryte & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 5 × 3.4 cm
Description

Spheres of dark green malachite as "matrix" for sharp terminated, white baryte crystals. The baryte crystals are very glossy, partly clear and the largest one is attractively set at the top of the piece. Baryte is generally more uncommon from the locality, and such a nice, aesthetic and colorful combination is really hard to obtain.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

Malachite

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