Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Azurite Malachite Zincolivenite Adamite On Psm Goethite

Views:
Watches:
AMP859264

Azurite Malachite Zincolivenite Adamite On Psm Goethite

Pseudomorph

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Christiana Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
11.00gr
Description

Beautiful shell-like formation pseudomorphed Goethite, possibly a cast after an unknown mineral, with structural and columnar outgrowths, covered mainly by green gemmy Adamite microcrystals but also other associated minerals as well. Beautiful gemmy Azurite crystals on one of the main Goethite outgrowths, together with patches of Olivenite crystals, right on the terminations

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Azurite

Formula: 
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Zincolivenite

Formula: 
CuZn(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Hardness: 
3.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece

Adamite

Formula: 
Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Goethite

Formula: 
α-Fe3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.00.
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Hollertszug Mine (Hollerter Zug Mine), Dermbach, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

Items purchased and, for any reasons do not meet your requirements can be returned and you will be fully refund.

For that you can send us an email describing the problem within 7 days after receiving the item.

Return shipping will be paid by the buyer.