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Malachite

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Malachite

Ex Brian Shelton Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

A beautiful botyroidal mass of malachite from the Nizhnii Tagil Iron deposit.

This specimen came from the Brian Shelton Collection and was collected in the late 1980's when a trench was opened at the old mine site to recover specimens

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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