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Pseudomalachite
- Nizhnii Tagil
- Sverdlovsk Oblast
- Russia
- 8.8 4.8 3.5 cm – Small cabinet specimen (under 10 cm)
Pseudomalachite is a hydrous copper phosphate, named for its resemblance to malachite. German mineralogist Friedrich Hausmann (1782–1859) assigned this species its current name in his 1813 Handbuch der Mineralogie.
From the collection of E.R. Laskowski (1949-2020), a mining engineer who retired to Tucson, Arizona. This specimen has attached antique labels, one of which reads "Siberia. R. Damon".
Price: $100
Item code: MS1856
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