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Azurite On Quartz

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Azurite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Description

Lovely deep blue reflective azurite crystals growing on and around quartz. An excellent thumbnail.

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...

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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