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Chrysocolla & Malachite

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Chrysocolla & Malachite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Weight: 
13.00gr
Description

Spectacular specimen of chrysocolla psm after malachite which in turn is psm after azurite and partially covered by a second generation of malachite, really it is a very good specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

Malachite

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

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