georgeite
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Georgeite is an extremely rare, X-ray amorphous copper hydroxycarbonate mineral, related to crystalline copper carbonates such as malachite. It occurs as pale blue, powdery or gel-like coatings in the oxidation zones of copper-bearing ores and was first identified in 1979.
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Gg
- chemical formula
- Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
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Georgeite is an extremely rare, X-ray amorphous copper hydroxycarbonate mineral, related to crystalline copper carbonates such as malachite. It occurs as pale blue, powdery or gel-like coatings in the oxidation zones of copper-bearing ores and was first identified in 1979.
==Discovery and nomenclature== Georgeite was named after the late George Herbert Payne, Western Australia Government Chemical Laboratories former mineral division chief. It was first described in 1979, found within the Carr Boyd nickel mine in Western Australia. The mineral was confirmed as a new species after being found to be amorphous to X-rays, distinguishing it from crystalline copper carbonates.