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Native Copper Psm Azurite

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Native Copper Psm Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Copper Rose Mine, San Lorenzo, Grant County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm
Description

Certainly one of the more unusual native copper specimens I have seen. A sharp, bladed rosette of azurite, has been completely replaced by dark coppery red native copper.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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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