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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: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 3 × 1.8 cm
Description

Here is an excellent Greek azurite specimen with gemmy, lustrous, bladed crystals, associated with contrasting green malachite, on gossan matrix. Extremelly rare in such quality, with only a small number of pieces with that quality ever been found in the entire country.

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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