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Azurite

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Locality: 
Chessy-les-Mines, Villefranche, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm
Description

From the type locality, floater aggregate of sharp azurite crystals of intense blue colour, with well-defined faces and curved edges. Some minor hues of green could correspond to certain superfitial  transformation to malachite. An aesthetic European Classic.

Ex Roger Leemans specimen.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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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