AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Copper with Malachite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 41993 |
Mineral: | Copper with Malachite |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Description: | Arborescent formation of metallic native copper crystals up to 10 mm long with rounded coatings of velvet-like green malachite crystals. The malachite coats about half of the copper. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #490; ex. Bruce Museum (Stamford, Ct.) in 1990 |
Overall Size: | 4x2x2 cm |
Crystals: | 0.2-10.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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