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Libethenite Pseudomalachite & Azurite

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Libethenite Pseudomalachite & Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Inkerman Mine, Cattle Creek, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

Cavities in a copper rich gossan are lined with light green libethenite crystals with blue green crystals of pseudomalachite and dark blue bladed azurite crystals.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Libethenite

Formula: 
Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Podlipa deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Pseudomalachite

Formula: 
Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Strunz: 
8.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Virneberg Mine (St Josephsberg Mine), Rheinbreitbach, Linz am Rhein, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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...
Earthstones Australia

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