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Azurite & Malachite

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Azurite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Dikulushi Mine, Lake Mweru, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.9 × 6.8 × 3.6 cm
Weight: 
151.00gr
Description

Aggregate of rounded azurite crystals clusters of net lenticular to tabular habit and with good lustre, associated to green malachite masses and white quartz sands. Uncommon material from the Dikulushi mine that has never been abundantly available for collections.

Specimen from the collection of Achiel Moors, a Belgian colonist in the DR Congo from 1957 to 1972.

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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

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