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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Dikulushi Mine, Lake Mweru, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Rounded aggregate of azurite crystals with good lustre and size. Uncommon material from the Dikulushi mine that has never been abundantly available for collections. In very good condition it is crystalized all around.

Specimen from the collection of Achiel Moors, a Belgian colonist in the D.R.Congo from 1957 to 1972.

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...

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