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Azurite

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Azurite

with Bayldonite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 4.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
98.00gr
Description

Deep blue azurite crystals on bayldonite matrix.

From the first oxidation zone - comes with old label (formula of Bayldonite)

Largest crystal shows parallel growth habit (not damage)

 

 

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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