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Fossil Bone Malachite

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Fossil Bone Malachite

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Locality: 
Leogang, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Fossil
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

This is an exceptional rarity; a part of an animal bone with it partly covered by secondary copper minerals. It is possibly the rest of a meal from the ancient miners, who left it there. Prehistoric mining was on copper; over time, copper minerals dissolved from the surrounding rock and were deposited on the bones. This causes the green color.

This is a unique piece that is very hard to find.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bone

Variety Of: 

Animal

Malachite

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

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Postage Area Price
Austria
6
Europe (excl. UK)
18
North America (+ UK)
26
Australia
28
Rest of world
29

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