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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Thomson River Copper Mine, Walhalla, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 2.9 × 2.7 cm
Description

Dark blue rosettes of azurite crystals on an altered copper carbonate matrix. This is an old specimen that dates back possibly to the mid 1860's when the mine was actively worked for copper ore.

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...
Earthstones Australia

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