AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Malachite over Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite with Barite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 68359 |
Mineral: | Malachite over Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite with Barite |
Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
Description: | Fibrous green malachite over dark-metallic chalcocite-cuprite pseudomorphs after azurite crystals to 14 mm with thin platy lustrous transparent colorless barite crystals to 8 mm (several incomplete). One pseudomorph core is exposed showing the core. |
Overall Size: | 11.5x10.5x3.5 cm |
Crystals: | 5-14 mm pseudos |
Archived: | For reference only |
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