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Azurite With Malachite Psm Cuprite

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Azurite With Malachite Psm Cuprite

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Description
Locality: 
Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11.5 × 8 × 1.7 cm
Description

 A plate of cherty light brown matrix covered with malachite pseudomorphs after cuprite interspersed with rosettes of dark blue azurite crystals. The specimen base has been sawn

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

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
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