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Malachite Chalcoalumite & Azurite

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Malachite Chalcoalumite & Azurite

Collected in 1985

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Description
Locality: 
Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Matrix with one face showing lots of light green, acicular malachite crystal clusters with white chalcoalumite and blue azurite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Chalcoalumite

Formula: 
CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.75
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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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