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Cuprian Aragonite & Azurite

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Cuprian Aragonite & Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Christiana Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.2 × 7.3 × 5.2 cm
Description

Wonderful and sizable specimen with gemmy bluish cuprian aragonite crystals leaping out of a carbonate & gossan matrix that is sprinkled with sparkling, electric blue azurite and a few other green minerals, possible cuprian adamite, and olivenite!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprian Aragonite

Variety Of: 

Aragonite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
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...

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