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Magnesite With Native Copper Inclusions

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Magnesite With Native Copper Inclusions

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Description
Locality: 
Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.9 × 2.7 cm
Description

A rather odd looking magnesite nodule from Rum Jungle that has been naturally impregnated with copper to give the specimen a very attractive blue green colour

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Magnesite

Formula: 
MgCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Magnisía Prefecture (Magnesia), Thessalia Department (Thessaly), Greece

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Earthstones Australia

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