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Murdochite with Malachite-Rosasite on Quartz from Bisbee District, Cochise County, Arizona

 
Murdochite with Malachite-Rosasite on Quartz from Bisbee District, Cochise County, Arizona

Murdochite with Malachite-Rosasite on Quartz from Bisbee District, Cochise County, Arizona

Murdochite with Malachite-Rosasite on Quartz from Bisbee District, Cochise County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 54931
Mineral:Murdochite with Malachite-Rosasite on Quartz
Locality:Bisbee District, Cochise County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous black-brown cubic murdochite crystals to 0.05 mm on quartz crystals to 2.0 mm with spherical green aggregates to 2 mm diameter identified as rosasite based on color and morphology, but are probably malachite. Collected by Linn in November 1958
Overall Size:5x3x2 cm
Crystals:01-20 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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