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Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Bad Grund, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.1 × 7.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

Very rarely seen: a nice thick coat of malachite crystals on quartz matrix from Bad Grund, one of the famous Harz mountains localities. Bad Grund is better known for good galena crystals. This specimen has some cointact marks and dings, but still is a rather nice one for this locality.

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

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