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Malachite Psm Azurite & Fluorite

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Malachite Psm Azurite & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Sounion Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

Interesting, unusual and rare combination of a pseudomorph of malachite after azurite crystal and small purplish cubic crystals of fluorite here and there. Another mineral is sitting on the fluorites, possibly smithsonite. The largest pseudo-crystal is 6mm across which is a very good size for Lavrion!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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...

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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