Object ID:
1917.1.103
Collection:
Carr Natural History
Object Name:
Azurite
Dimensions:
H-3 W-2.5 L-7.1 Dia-10.1 cm
Description:
Azurite Classification Mineral Carbonate
Cleavage is good in two directions, crystals are monolinic; usually in well formed equidimensional and tabular crystals, also radiating botryoidal, incrusting and earthy. Intense azure blue color.
Azurite crystals with green malachite on rust colored limonite.
Cleavage is good in two directions, crystals are monolinic; usually in well formed equidimensional and tabular crystals, also radiating botryoidal, incrusting and earthy. Intense azure blue color.
Azurite crystals with green malachite on rust colored limonite.
Found:
Czar Shaft Copper Queen Mine Complex, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
Chemical Composition:
Hydrous copper carbonate
Crystal System:
Monoclinic
Specific Gravity:
3.83
Hardness:
04
Luster:
Vitreous
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