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Cuprian Calcite Azurite & Malachite

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Cuprian Calcite Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm
Description

Very nice blueish green 'cuprian' calcite/aragonite crystals on gossan matrix with minor azurite and malachite. Unfortunately a broken crystal in the middle. Could be trimmed to make two nice little specimens.

Fantastic color.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprian Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0

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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