Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Azurite & Malachite

Views:
Watches:
MBM821353

Azurite & Malachite

From an old collection of a doctor in chemistry from 1900-1930
Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.20cm
Description

Highly lustrous azurites blade dominates the piece and are partially pseudomorphed by malachite. Sections and areas of the crystal have "electric-blue" translucence under bright light.

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...

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps

Seller's terms and conditions

Seller Shipment Germany 6,00 EUR  Europe 9,00 EUR Worldwide shipment 12,00 EUR