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Tyrolite & Azurite

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Tyrolite & Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Falkenstein, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Exceptional, well crystallized type locality specimen of green tyrolite with a little blue azurite on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tyrolite

Formula: 
Ca2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O
Strunz: 
8.DM.10
Hardness: 
1.5 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Falkenstein, Falkenstein District, Schwaz, Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

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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