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Azurite

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Locality: 
Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4 × 2.2 cm
Description

Contrasting groups of blue bladed azurite crystals are scattered throughout the white matrix.

Nice old time specimen from Dr. H.-J. Wilke-labeled and boxed by him.

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...

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