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Ajoite Psm Azurite Psm Malachite & Malachite

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Ajoite Psm Azurite Psm Malachite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 6.2 × 5.2 cm
Weight: 
67.00gr
Description

Gorgeous specimen from a new find of colorful ajoite pseudomorph after azurite, after malachite. These specimens were initially identified as chrysocolla, but recently analyzed by University of Arizona as ajoite. The specimen consist in a myriad of tender turquoise blue blades present in different sides of the piece as shown by photos associeted with green malachite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ajoite

Formula: 
(K,Na)Cu7AlSi9O24(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.EA.70
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Arizona, United States of America

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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