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Azurite

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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
St Gertraudi, Brixlegg, Tyrol, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

Dark blue spheres of Azurite set on glossy and snowy white Calcite scalenohedrons. Usually we know Azurite only as micro crystals or as layer on Calcite, Dolomite and Baryte. This spheres represent a great rarity for the locality and are very hard to obtain. This specimen is not just rare, it also shows a very aesthetic assemble and a fine contrast.

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...