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Baryte On Azurite & Malachite

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Baryte On Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 8.5 × 5 cm
Description

Crude barite crystals the colour of milky coffee has formed blades and crystal masses over royal blue azurite and cauliflower mounds of malachite.

Numerous cuprite crystals underlay the malachite and chrysocolla on this specimen, their crystal shape can clearly be seen when viewed with a little magnification.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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
Earthstones Australia

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