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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Himmelfahrt Mine, Neubulach, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm
Weight: 
2.00gr
Description

A great specimen with dark blue single crystals and groups of azurite on quartz, which colored by limonite.

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: 
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