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Theisite & Azurite

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Theisite & Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Rotenstein Mine, Ringenwechsel, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Nice groups of tabular azurites up to 3 mm large are sitting on with turquoise green theisite covered rhombs of dolomite on limestone.

There is also a aggregate of malachite on this specimen.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Theisite

Formula: 
Cu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
Strunz: 
8.BE.75
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
Off-white
Type Locality: 
Tuckerville prospects, Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA

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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