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Pseudomalachite & Cuproapatite

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Pseudomalachite & Cuproapatite

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Description
Locality: 
Golconda Summit, Golconda, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 8.6 × 6.1 cm
Description

The display face of this large miniatire specimen is richly blessed with clusters of psuedomalchite crystals and scattered amongst the psuedomalachite are turquoise blue cuprian apatite.

A very attractive specimen from an unusual location in Nevada, seldom seen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pseudomalachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Cuproapatite

Variety Of: 

Fluorapatite

Formula: 
Ca2Ca3(PO4)3F
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Cu)5(PO4)3F
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Earthstones Australia

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