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Azurite & Malachite

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Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Metcalf Mines, Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.3 × 0.9 cm
Description

Aggregate of bright, dark blue terminated crystals of azurite, associated to lustrous fibrous malachite. In pristine condition, this specimen was acquired in 1985 by Dr. Gerard Vogel.

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

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