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Azurite & Dickite

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Azurite & Dickite

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Description
Locality: 
Christiana Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm
Description

Here is a fine  Greek azurite with well-developed, royal blue crystals on contrasting white dickite matrix! the crystals pop out beautifuly and some of their faces have darker cores and more bright edges. The luster, contrast, color and positioning of the crystals make this a very aesthetic and fine Greek azurite specimen from the 2012 find in the Christiana mine.

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...

Dickite

Formula: 
Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Pant-y-Gaseg Mine, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey (Gwynedd; Anglesey), Wales, UK

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