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Posnjakite & Malachite

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Posnjakite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Palhal Mine, Branca, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm
Description

A very nice posnjakite sample, with a few malachite spheres.

 

Collected: 
2014
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Posnjakite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Nura-Taldy W deposit, Karagandy Province (Qaragandy Oblysy; Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan...

Malachite

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