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Azurite & Malachite

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Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Christiana Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.1 × 4.4 cm
Description

This is a rich and highly unusual Lavrion azurite. I like quite a lot ! The piece consists mostly of azurite. The front shows a cavity filled with glittering microcrystals of azurite, associated with contrasting green malachite. The shows spherical aggregates of crystals. Excellent color and rich, unusual piece!

ex Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos collection

 

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...

Malachite

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

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