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Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Phillipseck Mine, Münster, Kelkheim, Main-Taunus, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 6 × 2 cm
Description

This almost unknown mine was closed in 1923.
So, this is a very rare, ancient specimen with nice bright blue azurite crystals and some botryoidal malachite on quartz.

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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