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Bayldonite Psm Mimetite & Azurite

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Bayldonite Psm Mimetite & Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Weight: 
38.00gr
Description

A few special azurite crystals are nestled across this bayldonite psuedomorph on mimetite specimen. The prismatic deep blue azurite crystals are striking against the moss green of the mimetite. A beautiful specimen from the now closed Tsumeb Mine in Namibia. With the sales card from The House of Gems in Windhoek Namibia ( South West Africa.)  This is a old specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bayldonite

Formula: 
PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
8.BH.45
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Penberthy Croft Mine, St Hilary, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK...

Mimetite

Formula: 
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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...