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Malachite over Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite with Barite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

 
Malachite over Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite with Barite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Malachite over Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite with Barite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Malachite over Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite with Barite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Malachite over Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite with Barite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

Malachite over Chalcocite-Cuprite pseudomorphs after Azurite with Barite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico

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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