Basic copper carbonate
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Basic copper carbonate is a chemical compound, more properly called copper carbonate hydroxide. It can be classified as a coordination polymer or a salt. It consists of copper bonded to carbonate and
Basic copper carbonate
Basic copper(II) carbonate patina on roofs of Château Frontenac.
Malachite
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Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu2CO32. This opaque, green-banded mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous,
Basic copper carbonate
…salt. It consists of copper(II) bonded to carbonate and hydroxide with formula Cu2(CO3)(OH)2. It is a green solid that occurs in nature as the mineral malachite. It has been used since antiquity as a pigment, and it is still used as such in artist paints, sometimes called verditer, green bice, or mountain green…
The entrance to the Neolithic era malachite mine complex on the Great Orme, Wales
Malachite in the walls of Outokumpu's old mine
The funerary mask of the Red Queen of Palenque is made from a mosaic of malachite.