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Dioptase & Malachite

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Dioptase & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
San Marcos Mine, Socorro Peak, La Paz County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm
Description

bright emerald green diptase crystals with flat sprays of malchite crystals from this lesser known deposit in Arizona

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dioptase

Formula: 
CuSiO3·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CJ.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
Green
Type Locality: 
Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit (Altyn-Tube), Altyn-Tyube area, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), 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
Earthstones Australia

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