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Copper & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Rudabánya, Rudabányai Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.1 × 0.2 cm
Description

A thin plate of copper covered with micro crystals of intense green malachite. Developed as floater, well formed and undamaged.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
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