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Azurite With Gypsum

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Azurite With Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Temperino Mine, Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.7 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
156.00gr
Description

These are samples that come from a zone of alteration of the skarn of the mines, with the fractures of the Hedembergie filled with microcrystals grouped into a sphere of sub-millimeter azurite and gypsum crystals up to 14  mm side.

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...

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.