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Azurite & Malachite

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Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Nevada Lode, Blue Crystal Mine, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
19 × 15 × 9 cm
Description

Superb ''bowl'' shaped specimen of azurite crystals, several of which have grown into rosettes and/or have been pseudomorphed to malachite.  The overall group of azurite crystals have grown inside a malachite rich matrix.  Purchased in 1990.

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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