Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Cuprite Azurite & Malachite

Views:
Watches:
PFK831971

Cuprite Azurite & Malachite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Christiana Mine, Kamariza, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.9 × 2.4 cm
Description

Sparkling blue crystals of azurite with primary crystals of cuprite and also pseudomorphs of malachite after cuprite. Cuprite free of malachite is extremely rare from Lavrion and this piece hosts several little metallic crystals. Excellent colors and good contrast with the matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cuprite

Formula: 
Cu2O
Strunz: 
4.AA.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
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...

Malachite

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

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps