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Cuprite Malachite & Azurite

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Cuprite Malachite & Azurite

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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: 
3 × 5.6 × 3.5 cm
Description

Very nice sample of cuprite crystals coated by and/or altered to malachite. Azurite crystals are also present.

Acquired: 
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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...