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Malachite & Malachite Psm Psm Azurite

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Malachite & Malachite Psm Psm Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 3 × 2.3 cm
Description

A base of fen-like crystallised and super lustrous, fibrous malachite in the center on which several former azurite crystals were attached. Those azurites were completely replaced by malachite afterwards. The contrast is just perfect because the attached pseudomorphose exhibits a darker tone of green.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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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