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Azurite & Malachite

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Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Schwarzleo District, Schwarzleograben, Leogang, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

An old piece from this well-known find: Azurite and Malachite in good combination on a brown matrix. The malachite is kidney-shaped and crystallized on the matrix - the azurite has highly glossy small crystals. All around crystallized - an old specimen from a well-known old classic locality - there is no possibility to collect there for many years!

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