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Malachite & Azurite

ex R. Krauzpaul (GER)
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Tynagh Mine, Killimor, County Galway, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.2 × 1.2 cm
Description

An irish classic, collected more than 30 years ago by R. Krauzpaul, who wrote an article about his trip to Ireland in February 1982 Lapis magazine. Small miniature example consisting of botryoidal malachite with nice internal structure (fibrous banded masses) with some deep blue small azurite crystals.

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