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AZURITE
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Description:
Azurite, 2[Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2], with malachite pseudomorphs after cuprite. The azurite is of the classic "rosette" crystal habit, lightly sprinkled with light green crystals of cuprite (now pseudomorphed by malachite).
Locality:
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A
Photo donor:
Image is by courtesy of Stuart Wilensky
www.wilenskyminerals.com