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Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm
Description

A razor sharp, lustrous crystal of azurite with deep blue internal reflections from the famous finds on the 4750' bench of the Morenci Mine, which produced some of the finest "Tsumeb quality" specimens in Arizona history.   

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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