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Azurite

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Azurite

ex. Rudolf Ďuďa collection
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Description
Locality: 
Schmitt Quarry, Altenmittlau, Spessart, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.2 × 6.3 × 4.3 cm
Description

Highly lustrous, rich azure-blue rosettes in clusters are very aesthetically placed in the sculptural vug lined with tan dolomite rhombs. This well-known quarry has produced some of the best German azurites and this is a fine and showy example.

ex. Rudolf Ďuďa collection #5/158

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...