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Azurite

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Azurite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 4.4 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
4.50cm
Description

This specimen comes froma a very old collections and was found in the mid 1940th.

A cluster of lustrous sharp azurite crystals is partely covered by green malachite.

With  old label.

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...