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Cerussite & Malachite & Azurite

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Cerussite & Malachite & Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Tynagh Mine, Killimor, County Galway, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 2 cm
Description

Creme colored cerussite crystals on botryoidal malachite with minor blue azurite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

Malachite

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

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...