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Azurite & Baryte

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Azurite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.9 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm
Description

To be exactly: the specimen was mined in lilen-adit, kleinkogel, st.gertraudi, brixlegg. The barite-rose is snowy white and partly covered with intense blue micro-azurite. Very good for the locality, dimension of barite is remarkable. Fine contrast and sweet assemble. undamaged, accept the bottom was on the rock.

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...

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White