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Honessite & Azurite

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Honessite & Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 5.5 × 4.6 cm
Description

A very rare combination from an old find. Almost electric blue, lustrous crystals of azurite on contrasting honessite!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Honessite

Formula: 
(Ni1-xFe3+x)(OH)2[SO4]x/2·nH2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.35
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Linden, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Iowa Co., Wisconsin, USA

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...

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