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Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Mindigi Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.1 × 6.7 × 5.1 cm
Description

Radial aggregates of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine. Specimen #211 of the collection of Achiel Moors, a Belgian colonist in the D.R.Congo from 1957 to 1972.

 

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

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