Malachite sample with blobs of green malichite.

 

Polished Slice of Malachite

Raw Sample of Malachite

Malachite

 

Malacite

Malachite, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Cutrite, Sulpher

 

Fragment Malacite

End Slice

 

One half polished egg of Malachite

 

Fancy Slice of Malachite

Malachite

Cu2CO(OH)2 Basic copper carbonate

The intense green color show it to be a copper mineral. It has a hardness rating of 3.5-4. Note, that the slices are examples of how impurities or others mineral combine with malachite.

 

Newpaper sponcored award recieved in Aug. 2000. Press to go back to the collection. Student award from University of Wisconsin sponsored program.

Cape Cod Rocks, inc.
Patricia Fox Dauphinee, Executive Director
4 Eel River Road, East Falmouth, MA 01536


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