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Malachite from
Piz Rondadura, Val Rondadura, Val Medel, Medel (Lucmagn), Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland


Classification
Species:Malachite
Formula:Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Comments:Large, but thin crusts on the walls of small fissures in a porous quartzite containing small amounts of copper minerals, probably chalcopyrite. Northern walls of a ridge called "Scala de Marmel", north-east of the peak of Piz Rondadura.
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Malachite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Piz Rondadura, Val Rondadura, Val Medel, Medel (Lucmagn), Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:794516
Long-form Identifier:1:3:794516:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Malachite
6.2km (3.9 miles) Piz Vallatscha, Val Medel, Medel (Lucmagn), Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
8.2km (5.1 miles) Cavradi gorge, Val Curnera, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
8.6km (5.3 miles) Cima della Bianca south slope, Campo Valley, Campo Blenio, Camadra Valley, Blenio Valley, Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland
13.5km (8.4 miles) Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
33.5km (20.8 miles) Piano dei Camosci (Pian dei Camosci), Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
40.7km (25.3 miles) Topaz occurrences, Renastga Valley, Ilanz/Glion, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
40.9km (25.4 miles) Bocchetta d'Arbola (Albrun Pass), Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
41.6km (25.8 miles) Dolomite outcrops, Ofenhorn, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
41.7km (25.9 miles) Albrun pass, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
42.0km (26.1 miles) Oxefeld, Albrunhorn - Turbhorn area, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
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