A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Malachite from Bisbee, Arizona |
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| Description | Malachite is the most common of the green copper minerals. It has composition Cu2(CO3)(OH)2. It is an ore mineral of copper, and is also used in jewelry and as an ornamental stone. Malachite has many different appearances depending on how it formed. This sample is 12 cm across. |
| Location | USA ▹ Arizona. Near Bisbee. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-18. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #751. |
| Key words | malachite, Arizona |
| Tech details | 762 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 768 |
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