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Chrysocolla Psm Cuprite & Malachite

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Chrysocolla Psm Cuprite & Malachite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4.9 × 4.9 cm
Description

What a fine specimen and I don´t know, which kind of it I like more. On the one hand, there is a distinct bright mint coloured octahedron of chrysocolla psm cuprite. On the other hand, there is a vug, covered with tzhe finest tapering malachite. That is pure aesthetics.

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

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Malachite

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