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Digenite & Malachite

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Digenite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Nakauri Mine, Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.9 × 2.5 cm
Description

A solid mass of digenite, with a coating of malachite on one surface.   Rare locality specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Digenite

Formula: 
Cu9S5
Strunz: 
2.BA.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Copper slate deposits, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Malachite

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

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