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Malachite from
Maitland Mines, Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Comments:all Malachite from this site is Micro, quality of the malachite is rather attractive under magnification, there is currently only one vein at this site that I am aware of that has Malachite and azurite in a grey metallic matrix of chalcocite.
Habit:Acicular and tabular
Colour:green
Luminescent properties:no
Abundance at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Azurite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Native Copper
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Maitland Mines, Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:908181
Long-form Identifier:1:3:908181:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Personally collected by Reinhardt van Vuuren in 2014
 
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