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Azurite V - Carbonates

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Name		Azurite
Chemistry		Cu3[(OH)2|CO3]2
Hardness		3.5 - 4
Lustre		vitreous
Colour		azure blue, blue, light blue, dark blue
Streak		light blue
Density [g/cm3]		3.7 - 3.9
Crystal habit		monoclinic, crystals often well formed, tabular
Cleavage, Fracture		[100] perfect, fracture conchoidal and brittle
other characteristics and occurrences		massive and disseminated, dense, earthy, radiating, secondary mineral in the oxidation zone of copper ore deposits

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