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Malachite from El Cobre mine, Sonora, Mexico

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Source volume: 47, issue: 5, PDF page: 92. Label: Figure 19. Azurite crystals on drusy quartz, with minor malachite after azurite, 14 cm, from the El Cobre mine. Kevin Ward specimen and photo.

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SpeciesMalachiteAzuriteQuartz
Added on10/22/2024
LocalityMexico, Sonora, El Cobre mine
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Volume: 47, Issue: 5 page 594
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