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Calcite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.6 × 8.4 × 6.9 cm
Description

Large, pale amber coloured scalenohedrons of Calcite, partly covered with green Malachite. The Calcite is well defined, sharp and lustrous with an almost lucent transparency. The crystals are largely good terminated and they are showing an interesting pattern on its suface. A good and showy specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

Malachite

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