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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