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Azurite

Ex J&S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Whim Creek Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

At one end of a teardrop shaped piece of gossan are some electric blue azurite rosettes.

This specimen was recovered in the early 1980's from the upper levels of the Whim Creek (Whim Well) Copper Mine

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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