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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
St Gertraudi, Brixlegg, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.3 × 3.2 cm
Description

A fine sample from this famous, historic locality - mining history goes back for centuries! The specimen shows a wonderful contrast of snowy white matrix and intense blue micro crystals of azurite. Typical, but rare and hard to obtain in our days.

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...