AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Arizona > Malachite and Chrysocolla over Calcite on Cuprite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 81451 |
Mineral: | Malachite and Chrysocolla over Calcite on Cuprite |
Locality: | Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona |
Description: | Many scalenohedral calcite crystals to 8 mm, coated with blue chrysocolla and green malachite, completely covering one face of dark-metallic cuprite. Many of the calcite crystals are doubly terminated. Collected ca. 1970 |
Overall Size: | 12x7x5 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 8 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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