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Malachite On Quartz

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Malachite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Kinsevere Mine, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.1 × 6.2 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
185.00gr
Description

Big specimen and uncommon combination of rounded aggregates of green fibrous malachite that aesthetically grew in isolated clusters on quartz crystals.

According to Jean Dehaye, this was acquired in 1992 and it is from a very uncommon mine in collections, Kinsevere, located North of Kipushi.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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