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Eisenkiesel Fossil Bacteria & Malachite

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Eisenkiesel Fossil Bacteria & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Kallenhardt, Rüthen, Arnsberg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Weight: 
93.00gr
Description

Nice specimen with three colors. Two colors come from two different eisenkiesel crystals. And the matrix is overgrown by malachite. The light eisenkiesel shows phantoms with archea bacteria.
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Eisenkiesel

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0

Malachite

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