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Information on the mineral azurite ... Azurite owes its name to its azure-blue color. (The European name Chessylite is from a famous Azurite locality in Chessy, France.) It usually occurs with green Malachite, which may form green stains or specks on Azurite crystals or aggregates.
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Description This mineral is one of the first sources of copper ore, mined together with malachite for about 8000 years ago in Bulgaria. Heated in a fire it produces metallic copper. ... Dark blue azurite with malakite from Viscaria.
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Chemically known as basic copper carbonate, azurite is an azure-blue mineral that is associated in nature with malachite, another carbonate mineral. This mineral is found in small Australia and southwestern Africa have fine azurite crystals. Azurite is mainly mined for use as a decorative stone. [LM] {CC} {SS}
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The mineral azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2) is an ore of copper, and provided human civilization with one of its earliest sources of this metal. Both azurite and its close relative malachite have been mined for thousands of years.
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Azurite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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General Azurite Information ... Azurite Image ... Azurite Crystallography...
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