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Azurite & Malachite

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Azurite & Malachite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Spring Creek Mine, Wilmington, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm
Description

Hundreds of balls of dark blue azurite crystal crystals bonded together to formed this specimen, which has been partially altered to malachite. Collected in the late 1970's when access to the site was still open to collectors.

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
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