Malachite

Did you know Malachite might be mankind's first ore? If you have seen native Copper, chances are you have also seen Malachite. Come to meet this mineral one more time from new and exciting angles!
Bibliography:
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Bingöl, D., and M. Canbazoğlu. “Dissolution Kinetics of Malachite in Sulphuric Acid.” Hydrometallurgy, vol. 72, no. 1-2, Feb. 2004, pp. 159-65. DOI.org (Crossref), doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.20....
Frost, R. L., et al. “Raman Spectroscopic Study of Azurite and Malachite at 298 and 77 K.” Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, vol. 33, no. 4, Apr. 2002, pp. 252-59. DOI.org (Crossref), doi.org/10.1002/jrs.848.
Voynick, Steve. Malachite: The First Ore. rockngem, www.rockngem.com/malachite-th....

[@shysonofficial]

Lovely rocks as always!

[@shysonofficial]

*Minerals...excuse me

[@curtisnixon5313]

I think maybe a stream flowed over a deposit of malachite, grinding the rock into sand or silt. Humans maybe came across this by accident in the river bed, and found it could be used as a pigment. Someone built their campfire on top of the malachite sand, and later when the fire went out they found copper metal in the ashes.

[@mindex_]

Fascinating theory! We thought a similar thing but from the information we found, a fire would not be hot enough to melt Malachite. We haven't tested it, so all bets are off :) Cheers!

[@curtisnixon5313]

@@mindex_ Is there anywhere in the world where a lava flow could have engulfed a malachite deposit during a volcanic eruption? I understand that the ancient Egyptians discovered glass in the desert made from an asteroid impact. Maybe somewhere an asteroid impact hit a surface malachite deposit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_desert_glass

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

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[@mindex_]

Sorry, your Internet costs so much. Have a great day!