M2803 Chrysocolla / Malachite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

M2803 Chrysocolla / Malachite [CSIRO]

Name	M2803 Chrysocolla / Malachite
Owner	CSIRO
Collection	ARRC Collection
Catalog ID	M2803
CMR-Specify ID	2024-MS-0000000237
Material(s)	Malachite [Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂] — 48.2% Montmorillonite [(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O] — 21.4% Goethite [FeO(OH)] — 18.3% Hematite [Fe₂O₃] — 10.7% Quartz [SiO₂] — 1.4% Phase abundance was determined by quantitative XRD analysis, in: Owen, N., Gomez-Camacho, R. and Fan R. (2023), Diffraction, Mineralogy and Geochemistry XRD Characterisation Report, Jobs # 6243 and # 6245 [CSIRO internal reports]. ID 65741.
Locality	Mount Garnet, Tablelands Region, Far North Queensland, QLD, Australia