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Malachite & Conichalcite

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Malachite & Conichalcite

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Description
Locality: 
Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.2 × 4.9 × 3.8 cm
Weight: 
120.00gr
Description

Matrix rock specimen coated by conichalcite and other secondary copper and sprinkled with groups of acicular malachite crystals in globular form.

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

Conichalcite

Formula: 
CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Hinojosa del Duque, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain

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