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Cuprite Azurite & Malachite

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Cuprite Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 0.8 cm
Description

Sharp octahedral cuprite crystals covered by a layer of green malachite with gemmy azurite crystals on both sides of the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
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...

Malachite

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