Item talk:Q162513
From geokb
Mindat Short Description
Malachite is a green, very common secondary copper mineral with a widely variable habit. Typically it is found as crystalline aggregates or crusts, often banded in appearance, like agates. It is also often found as botryoidal clusters of radiating cry...
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Cu2+2CO3(OH)2
