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Copper & Malachite

es Herbert Schuler, Furtwangen (GER)

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Description
Locality: 
Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 7 × 4 cm
Weight: 
204.00gr
Description

Older specimen of mostly malachite-covered native copper, looks like some cuprite is also present. Labeled to be from Tata, Morocco, where copper was mined in historical times out of sedimentary rocks (some quartz grains are intergrown with the copper which may indicate the specimen comes out of a sandstone/conglomerate). Recently a big mining concession was granted for a Tata copper project.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Malachite

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

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