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Azurite & Malachite On Baryte

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Azurite & Malachite On Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 5 cm
Description

The barite is coated with micro-quartzes. On this matrix tiny azurite and spherical malachite are developed. The minerals are typically for the locality, the combination of them is rare and the specimen shows are very tridimentional and attractive assemble. Ex-Martin Gruell Collection, with original label.

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White

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