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Mimetite & Azurite

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Mimetite & Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Tynagh Mine, Killimor, County Galway, Irish Republic (Eire)
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 4.9 × 4.7 cm
Weight: 
86.00gr
Description

A nice and balanced combination of yellow, acicular mimetite on dark blue azurite from a not so common locality in Ireland

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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...