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Euchroite Azurite & Strashimirite

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Euchroite Azurite & Strashimirite

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Description
Locality: 
Farbište, Poniky, Banská Bystrica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
0.8 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Quartz matrix with a vuf line with azurite and nice euchroite crystals. Some tracees of strashirmite also. From 2009.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Euchroite

Formula: 
Cu2(AsO4)(OH)·3H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.07
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Svätodušná (Svätoduška) deposit, Ľubietová (Libetbánya; Libethen), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

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...

Strashimirite

Formula: 
Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.12
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Zapachitsa Cu deposit (Zapacica), Bov, Svoge Obshtina, Sofiya Oblast (Sofia Oblast), Bulgaria

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