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Photo 5 A sedimentary dyke with a rim of malachite consisting of clasts of kaolinite embedded in quartzite from the hanging wall injected downwards into the kaolinite lens. This photo of the far right hand side of the mine face also illustrates downward plunging L2 azurite which is often encountered where the hanging wall nears a major slump/fault in the hanging wall sandstone/quartzite. (Author: crocoite)