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Azurite & Malachite

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Azurite & Malachite

Floater

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Description
Locality: 
Sidi Ayad, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.1 × 8.3 × 4.2 cm
Description

The specimen is developed as floater - it consist of uncountable spheres of dark blue, sparkling azurite. The assemble is much more tri-dimensional in person and the dark green malachite helps to give more contrast to the piece. No sgnificant damages to report and very showy in each position.

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