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Azurite

Ex coll. Dr. Josef Lhoest, Belgium
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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

A group of lustrous dark blue azurite crystals and small white dolomite crystals.

Old-time specimen from collection Dr. Josef Lhoest, Belgium

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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