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Malachite & Azurite

ex Hans Jaklin (Austria)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

This is a very old, very rare specimen of Eastern European malachite and azurite. A vuggy gossan matrix is richly covered with botryoidal malachite and intense blue azurite, partly as sparkly micro-crystals. Some tarnished chalcopyrite forms the matrix together with limonite. 

A colorful old timer from a very rare locality, with Hans Jaklin label.

Weighs 555 g, please see T&C for overseas shipping costs.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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...

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Best regards Roger