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Agardite-(Ce) With Azurite

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Agardite-(Ce) With Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Aggregates of olive green crystals of agardite on dark blue azurite. Nice contrast specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Agardite-(Ce)

Formula: 
CeCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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...