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Chrysocolla & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Tenke Deposit, Tenke-Fungurume, Kolwezi, Lualaba, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.3 × 0.7 cm
Description

A beautiful aggregate composed by layers of botryoidal malachite, coated by chrysocolla of nice blue colour. It is an old piece from Tenke, that was collected in the 1970’s by Martíal Borzee, a Belgian colonist in Congo.

Ex. Martíal Borzee specimen.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

Malachite

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

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Belgium (Tracked)
7
NL, DE, FR, LU (Tracked)
10
EUROPE 1 (Tracked)
11
EUROPE 2 (Tracked)
12
USA, CANADA (Tracked)
14
REST (Tracked)
14

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