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Malachite (copper carbonate-hydroxide)
Stuart Humphreys
Australian Museum
Sydney, Australia
These lustrous sheaths of radiating, emerald-green malachite crystal fibres resemble plush velvet. The Nymagee mine in central-western NSW produced 24,800 tons of copper from 1880 to 1917.
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- Title: Malachite (copper carbonate-hydroxide)
- Creator: Stuart Humphreys
- Location: Nymagee Mine, NSW, Australia
- Contributor: Photographer: Stuart Humphreys
- Rights: Australian Museum
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