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Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Vahlberger Zug Mine, Rothemühle, Wenden, Siegerland, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

Old specimen with lustrous radial crystals of malachite. Crystals have a deep green colour. matrix is limonite.

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