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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm
Description

Short prismatic azurite crystal with the characteristic deep blue colour with good lustre and striated faces. It is a floater piece crystallized all around, with just a tiny contact where it was attached to the matrix.

An aesthetic piece from Willy Israel, a well-known Belgian collector of Tsumeb minerals who bought it in Tsumeb in 1978.

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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