A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Malachite, tenorite and limonite |
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| Description | Malachite, Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 (copper carbonate hydroxide) is a copper mineral often found with azurite or chrysocolla. It is best known for its green color. Here it is intimately mixed with tenorite, CuO, a black massive mineral. The orange-reddish material is limonite, a mixture of hydrated iron oxide minerals. These minerals are found in the oxidized portions of copper deposits. |
| Location | Mexico. Near Durango. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-18. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #748. |
| Key words | malachite, tenorite, limonite, Mexico |
| Tech details | 1.03 MB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 758 |
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