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Azurite

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MGR925286

Azurite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Liupanshui Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 5 × 4.1 cm
Description

What a spectacular floater - one spherical aggregate of smaller crystals in association with a second consisting of larger crystals. Both aggregates are well formed, intense colored and very lustrous. No damages or contacts and very eye-catching in each angle - a perfect 360° specimen

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...