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Mixite With Azurite & Malachite

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Mixite With Azurite & Malachite

Ex Ring collection, Munich, Germany
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Description
Locality: 
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3.5 × 2 cm
Description

Mixite is a Bi-Cu arsenate, a rare secondary mineral in the oxidized zones of copper-bismuth deposits. The specimen hosts light green sprays of mixite together with intensive green malachite balls and lustrous, deep blue azurite crystals. A very nice and colorful combination!
Weight: 34 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mixite

Formula: 
BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.15
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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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