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Vésigniéite & Malachite

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Vésigniéite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Olive green crystals of the rare mineral vesignieite associated to acicular green malachite in a very aesthetic specimen under the microscope .

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vésigniéite

Formula: 
BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.45
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Streak: 
Greenish
Type Locality: 
Glücksstern Mine, Gottlob Hill, Friedrichroda, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany

Malachite

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

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