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Copper Psm Azurite

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Copper Psm Azurite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Copper Rose Mine, San Lorenzo, Grant County, New Mexico, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm
Description

A classic of azurite crystals have been completed replaced by native copper and partially enclosed in a bluish chrysocolla matrix.

Acquired from Willyama Minerals in 1983 - was labelled Ray Mine, thought to be correctly located as above.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Copper

Formula: 
Cu
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

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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