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Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 6.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

Great combination piece consisting of azurite and malachite suns on a kaolin/Sandstone matrix.  These are becoming very hard to obtain as the malachite zone has been mined through.

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...

Malachite

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