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Rosasite & Malachite

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Rosasite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.1 × 7.8 × 4.1 cm
Description

Numerous, mint blue-green botryoidal clusters consisting of fibrous Rosasite accompanied by similar shaped but light green Malachite. A fine, colourful and almost pristine specimen from the famous Ojuela Mine at Mapimi, Mexico.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rosasite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Rosas Mine, Narcao, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Malachite

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