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Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 6.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

Rosettes of lustrous, rich blue azurite clusters to 2 cm across are aesthetically and contrastful accompanied by green, drusy malachite. The contrast here is striking, and the rich, aesthetic piece is highly unusual for this locality. The colour arrangement is spectacular but, again, it is the overall composition of this piece that makes it dramatically stand out. This would be, probably, from the 1980s. A very fine, colourful and pristine specimen. 

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...

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
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