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Azurite On Malachite

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Azurite On Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Jerome Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States of America
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.4 × 6.8 × 3.5 cm
Description

Very nice specimen from a not-so-well-known locality. I'm not even sure it's from the Jerome Mine or Calumet & Jerome Mine - both not very well known nowadays. Must be very old material.

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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