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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.8 × 1.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.80cm
Description

Dark blue prismatic crystals of azurite up to 2.8 cm, undamaged and well exposed all around in a matrix of crystallized azurite.

Acquired in 1994. Ex. J. Muizebelt stock.

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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