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Azurite On Malachite

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Azurite On Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm
Weight: 
14.00gr
Description

Beautiful lustrous aggregates of azurite blades that stand out on a matrix covering a carpet of green malachite. Excellent colour and contrast, it is a good representative specimen from Zacatecas. Mounted on an acrylic socle. Ex Fernand Weyts #384, who built his collections from early 1970’s to early 2000’s.

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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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