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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1.5 × 1.7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.10cm
Description

Beautiful azurite roses on pinkish smithsonite with minor malachite from Tsumebs first oxdation zone. There is also a submillimeter-sized, undetermined orangy-yellow mineral on the azurite.

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: 
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