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Azurite With Minor Malachite

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Azurite With Minor Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A nice little nodule of reflective azurite crystals up to 0.8 cm in length from an obscure Australian locality. Minoe malachite present.

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...

Malachite

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