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Azurite & Zincolivenite

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Azurite & Zincolivenite

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Description
Locality: 
El Pinar de Bédar, Bédar, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 5.2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Very nice combo of azurite with zincolivenite 'urchins'.

Beautiful under the scope!

 

Acquired: 
Boxed with Label
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...

Zincolivenite

Formula: 
CuZn(AsO4)(OH)
Strunz: 
8.BB.30
Hardness: 
3.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamariza), Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attikí Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece