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Parnauite & Malachite

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Parnauite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.6 × 2.1 cm
Description

several blue green parnauite crystals on quartz with green malachite balls

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Parnauite

Formula: 
Cu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O
Strunz: 
8.DF.35
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Majuba Hill Mine (Majuba Mine; Mylar Mine; Tin Mine; Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology sample sites 2844 & 2846), Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA

Malachite

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