Sandstone with malachite

PART OF:: Lancashire Coal Mining Collection transferred from Salford Museum and Art Gallery

Sandstone with malachite. The malachite (hydrated green carbonate of copper) runs in strings approximately parallel to the bedding planes of the coarse-grained sandstone. M.2690, d.d. Mr A. R. Mycroft

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Category:: Coal Mining

Collection:: Lancashire Coal Mining Collection

Object Number:: Y2002.19.824

type:: mineral

credit:: Gift of Salford Museum and Art Gallery

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Sandstone with malachite

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