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Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
San Fernando Mine, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm
Description

Sprays of lustrous green malachite and minor cerussite on limonitic matrix from a historic mine in the famous Siegerland district.

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