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Aurichalcite & Malachite

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Aurichalcite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Hozarco Mine, Piñeres, Peñarrubia, Cantabria, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Description

Babu blue aurichalcite sprays intergrown with malachite needles and cluster all over a quartz crystal. Interesting.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

Malachite

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