Pseudomalachite, Chrysocolla, Malachite

Specimen ID: EHM-E5E

Mineral(s)
Pseudomalachite : Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Chrysocolla : Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O, x < 1
Malachite : Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
70mm x 55mm x 30mm
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Perfect quality, Pseudomalachite specimen, from L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. (Only the upper dark blue-green layer is pseudomalachite, the matrix is chrysocolla and the surface of the specimen, covered by malachite spheres).
Oleg Lopatkin - 22nd July 2019
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