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Malachite Cerussite & Pyromorphite

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Malachite Cerussite & Pyromorphite

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Description
Locality: 
Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 6.4 × 4.6 cm
Description

The yellowish brown pseudomorphs of pyromorphite after cerussite over radial malachite.

The reverse side features deep green botyroidal malachite, with lemon yellow pyromorphite and a smattering of cerussite.

 

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

Pyromorphite

Formula: 
Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Earthstones Australia

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