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Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Onganja Mine, Seeis, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 5.1 × 3.1 cm
Description

Aggregate of fibrous crystallized malachite from the Onganja Mine (Namibia), a locality rarely offered for malachite, if not a pseudomorph after cuprite.

Ex A. Gelders #015.

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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