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Malachite Psm Baryte

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Malachite Psm Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Mindigi Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 4.2 × 4 cm
Description

Very unusual fan-shaped growths formed by acicular malachite crystals, with velvet aspect brilliance and pesudomorph after tabular barite. Mineral specimens from this obscure open pit copper mine, operated during the 1930s and 1940s, and not fully exploited are rare and are very seldom available.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
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