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Azurite On Cerussite

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Azurite On Cerussite

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Description
Locality: 
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

An attractive oldtime Broken Hill azurite and cerussite combination, this much sort after material is seldom seen anymore having been mined more than half a century ago. The azurite crystals are typically bladed, twinned and dark royal blue in colour and associated with minor malachite on a cerussite crystal matrix

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...

Cerussite

Formula: 
PbCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
Earthstones Australia

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