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Rosasite Plancheite Quartz Hetaerolite & Malachite

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Rosasite Plancheite Quartz Hetaerolite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 10 × 10 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.03cm
Weight: 
2 020.00gr
Description

A most Beautiful specimen with many colours of Rosasite Plancheite Shattuckite Hetaerolite etc.  This new find has come out with wonderful colours.  Some contadt marks, but a wonderful specimen.   Shipping on this specimen $65.00

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Plancheite

Formula: 
Cu8(Si8O22)(OH)4·H2O
Strunz: 
9.DB.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Sanda carriere (Sanda quarry; Sanda Mine), Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Hetaerolite

Formula: 
ZnMn2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.10
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0