37634: Bornite/Chalcopyrite and Malachite
- $8 Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada Miniature - 5.5 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm 107 grams Specimen status: Reserved Send an email with specimen number to order A massive sulfides specimen containing
bornite and/or chalcopyrite (cannot be easily
distinguished when intergrown). A patch of green oxidation
product - probably malachite - is also present. The
'peacock ore' aspect of the bornite/chalcopyrite could be
brightened by chemical treatment, but this would certainly
destroy the malachite. Such cleaning is inadvisable as the
malachite part of the natural mineral paragenesis.
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