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Azurite

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MGR894294

Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
La Sal, San Juan County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3 × 2.1 cm
Description

Fantastic crystallised specimen of intensely blue azurite accompanied with some deep green malachite. The luster of this example is really fine and also the form of how it is built is really aesthetic.

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...