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Azurite

coll. by Ernst Stark
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Locality: 
Mechernich, Eifel, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Another fine German azurite specimen, this time from the Eifel mountains. A dense crust of dark blue azurite micro-crystals on a typical (for this locality) sandstone matrix.

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...

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