AZURITE

Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece

Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2

Crystal System: monoclinic
Colour: azure blue, blue, light blue or dark blue
Lustre: vitreous
Habitus: tabular or prismatic
Fracture: conchoidal
Cleavage: perfect - perfect on {011}; on {100} fair; on {110} less distinct.
Hardness: 3½ - 4
Density: 3.834 g/cm
Origin and geological occurrence: it is formed under weathering of Cu sulfide ores in carbonatic deposits. 

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Samples:

 5.2 azurite

 

5.2 Azurite

Dark blue globular aggregates formed by lamellar crystals associated with green malachite.

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