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Azurite On Baryte

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Azurite On Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

This specimen comes from an old find made in the old tunnels of the mines in Brixlegg. The specimen is crystallized as undamaged floater.  A single barite roses is perfect crystallized and dusted with small azurite and calcite. The small dark blue high-gloss azurite crystals give this specimen the colorful character.

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...

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White