A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Malachite on dolomite from near Bisbee, Arizona |
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| Description | Malachite,Cu2(CO3)(OH)2, (copper carbonate hydroxide) is a green copper carbonate mineral. Here it has precipitated on top of brown dolomite. Malachite occurs naturally in many different habits, including botryoidal, stalactitic or globular (this sample). Often it shows concentric layers with light and dark green bands that give it a distinctive and unique appearance. This specimen is 8 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Arizona ▹ Cochise. Near Bisbee. |
| Photographer | Twyla Baker. 2001-06-18. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #749. |
| Key words | malachite, dolomite, Arizona |
| Tech details | 735 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 759 |
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