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Gibbsite & Azurite

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Gibbsite & Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Qinglong Mine, Qinglong County, Guizhou Province, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.2 × 1 cm
Description

Nice example of pastel bluish gibbsite with dark blue azurite from China.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gibbsite

Formula: 
Al(OH)3
Strunz: 
4.FE.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Richmond, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, USA

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...

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