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Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Mockleiten Mine, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

Thin wires of malachite embedded in white matrix. Famous classic stuff from this istoric mining area. Rare and very hard to obtain in our days.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malachite

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