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Azurite

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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Mineral Hill Mine, Condobalin, Kennedy County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3 × 7.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

Sharp lustrous dark blue azurite crystals form groups across a brown gossan matrix. Some of the azurites are doubly terminated.

As a bonus there are a number of light green malachite psuedomorphs after cuprite in small groups accompanying the azurite

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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