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Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Daniel Adit, Schwarzleo District, Schwarzleograben, Hütten, Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 5.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Malachite and Azurite from Schwarzleograben, Austria.

For that location a really nice example - even the reverse side is blue and greenish.

There are some very thin clusters with white needles on the matrix - but not determined.

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

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