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Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
23 × 15 × 9 cm
Description

Very nice specimen of small azurite crystals associated with malachite on an altered matrix that, locally, has the look of petrified wood.  Purchased in 1980.

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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