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Azurite On Malachite & Cerussite

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Azurite On Malachite & Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm
Description

An oldtimer from the Proprietary Mine, acquired from the frank Robinson collectionm.

Isolated blocky dark royal blue azurite crystals on matrix of coursely crystallised cerussite and druzy groups of malachite. Scattered throughout the matrix are small pinkish spessartine crystals, indicative of this material from Broken Hill

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

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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