Azurite with Calcite

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Call number:
D53 (41)
Classification:
Carbonates
Minerals from the Lavrion Mines
Name:
Aζουρίτης και Ασβεστίτης
Translated title:
Azurite with Calcite
Place of origin:
Kamariza / Lavrion, Greece
Depositional environment:
Oxidation zone of a base metal rich, carbonate replacement mineralization
Description:
Azurite overgrown on limonite pseudomorph after calcite and associated with a second calcite generation. Samples from Cristiana mine in Kamariza area.
Chemical formula:
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 - CaCO3
Crystal system:
Azurite: Monoclinic, Calcite: Trigonal

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