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Azurite

Kay Robertson collection
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Locality: 
Mammoth - St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.7 × 3.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.40cm
Description

You are bidding on a fantastic azurite sample from Tiger, AZ. Good specimens of azurite from this locality are exceedingly rare, and this one is a choice one, with a perfect, razor sharp 1.5cm group of mirror bright azurite crystals on matrix with malachite. A fantastic sample from the Kay Robertson collection. 

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...

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