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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.6 × 3 cm
Description

A nice larger sized example of these weird nodules of azurite. These form in clays and have no points of attachment. Quite often these are hollow geodes and filled with sparkling crystals but this one seems fairly solid. The remaining white clay on the specimen gives some texture and contrast to it.

Burra was discovered in 1845 and was won of the worlds largest copper mines of that time before closing in 1877. Mining of remnant ore occured between 1970 and 1981. Many more specimens such as this one were recovered then.

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...
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