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Azurite

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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: 
3.8 × 2.4 × 2 cm
Description

A nice specimen covered in azurite crystals with minor malachite from a classis Irish locality.

 

Matrix: 
Baryte
Minor: 
Cerussite
Minor: 
Malachite
Condition
General: 
Fair - locality specimen
Main Display: 
Good - some peripheral damage
Lustre: 
Variable - Very bright to satin
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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Peter Crozier Minerals