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Partzite Azurite & Malachite

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Partzite Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Hangelberg Mine, Breidenstein, Biedenkopf, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm
Description

Moss-green partzite with blue azurite crystals and grass-green malachite on quartz.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Partzite

Renamed To: 

Cuproroméite

Formula: 
Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7
Strunz: 
4.DH.20
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0

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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