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Malachite Cerussite & Native Silver

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Malachite Cerussite & Native Silver

Ex Jose Rees Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3 × 8 × 4.6 cm
Description

Malachite crystals and malachite pseudomorphing cuprite, with silver pseudomorphing chlorargyrite on twinned cerussite from the Proprietary Mine. This specimen from the Jose Rees collection was packed away in newspaper dated 1968.

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

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
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