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Azurite With Malachite

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Azurite With Malachite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Chessy-les-Mines, Villefranche, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
5.00gr
Description

Choice small miniature of sharp, finely developed, flattened rhombohedrons of azurite nicely perched atop of a speck of limonite. A very delicate group with exceptionally lustrous azurite, with transparency at the tips of the main crystals. The two main, central crystals are in mint conditions.  

A very sweet miniature from this classic French locale. It comes with a collection label too (collector unknown). 

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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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