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Malachite & Pyromorphite & Wad

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Malachite & Pyromorphite & Wad

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Description
Locality: 
Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

Nica malachite with pyromorphite and wad

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malachite

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

Pyromorphite

Formula: 
Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Wad

Mixture Of: 

Manganese Oxides

Hardness: 
1 - 6.5
Colour: 
Black, blue-black, brown
Streak: 
Black, bluish black, brownish black