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Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13 × 10 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.30cm
Description

Very rare azurite with malachite on quartz from Antarctica

This specimen has numerous rosettess of deep blue azurite with some evidence of malachite pseudomorphing in some areas.

This specimen was acquired prior to the mineral resource treaty

This specimen is heavy hence the shipping cost!

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

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Australia
$15
United States
$25
Europe
$28
Asia
$22