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Azurite & Conichalcite

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Azurite & Conichalcite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

An intense bi-colored specimen of azurite with conichalcite from Laurion, Greece. Deep royal blue azurite with excellent luster and radial structure. Surrounded by contrasting green conichalcite with an outer surface of the conichalcite displaying a well-formed botryoidal habit.From a well-known Austrian collector (label).

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...

Conichalcite

Formula: 
CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BH.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Hinojosa del Duque, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain