| | Description | |
| Comments: | Most common weathering product among the Cu minerals. In concentric structures with azurite & quartz in vugs & covering the outside of porous nodules of cuprite, which, in turn, surround copper; veinlets and coating joint surfaces; commonly coated by chrysocolla, tenorite or azurite. Alters to, and is encrusted by chrysocolla. | | Quality of samples: | not specified / average specimens | | Confirmation | |
| Validity: | Believed Valid | | References | |
| References: | Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 286, 298; Gilluly, J. (1946), The Ajo mining district, Arizona, USGS PP 209: 92; Schwartz, G.M. (1934), Paragenesis of the oxidized ores of copper, Econ.Geol.: 29: 55-75. | | Associated minerals: | |
| Associates: | Azurite
Chrysocolla
Copper
Cuprite
Quartz
Tenorite
| | Data | |
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Malachite data | | Locality Data: | Click here to view New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA | | Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
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