A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Malachite and cuprite |
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| Description | The green material is malachite. Malachite, Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 (copper carbonate hydroxide) is well-known for its color. High-quality samples are prized as semi-precious stones. When gemmy, its banded light and dark green appearances are one-of-a-kind, and give it a unique ornamental quality unlike that of any other stone. In this sample, it is fine grained and massive. Malachite is often associated with other copper minerals; the black-brown material in this sample is cuprite, Cu2O. This specimen is 10 cm across. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-18. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #750. |
| Key words | malachite, cuprite |
| Tech details | 807 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 752 |
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