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Ajoite Psm Psm Azurite Psm Malachite

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Ajoite Psm Psm Azurite Psm 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: 
6 × 4 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
300.00gr
Description

The specimen displays tender turquoise blue blades covered with small needles of Ajoite pseudomorph after what were Azurite crystals pseudomorphed to Malachite and after to Ajoite

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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