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Azurite On Quartz & Galena

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Azurite On Quartz & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Bou Skour Mine, Bou Skour, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm
Description

Sharp azurite crystals of pseudo-rhombohedral habit, deep blue colour and intense vitreous lustre, with very well defined edges and faces. The matrix is mostly white crystallized quartz, grey galena and minor bornite and light blue chrysocolla. In contrast with other Moroccan localities, the copper mines at the Bou Skour have produced a limited amount of crystallized azurite specimens, and a very restricted quantity are available, so the locality is not well represented in collections worldwide.

Found in 09/2015.

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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...

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey

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