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Malachite & Siderite

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Malachite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Vouves, Limenaria, Thasos Island, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Intense green malachite crystals of high velvet luster in matrix cavities together with siderite. Specimen is from an old classic find at Vouves mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White

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