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| Name: | Azurite Azu |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #2: Azurite / Malachite Morocco  #32: Lazurite Sar-e-Sang, Badakhstan, Afghanistan  #36: Azurite Kerrouchen, Khenifra, Morocco  #83: Azurite Namibia  #84: Azurite Congo [DRC]  #85: Azurite Congo [DRC]  #86: Azurite / Malachite Anhui Province, China  #164: Granite var. K2 w/ Azurite Skardu, Pakistan  #170: Malachite / Azurite Copper Mtn. Dist., Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA  #310: Lazurite Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan  #336: Azurite ps. Chrysocolla Milford Mine, Milford County, Utah, USA  #558: Malachite / Azurite Sidi Ayed, Morocco  #560: Malachite / Azurite Sidi Ayed, Morocco  #562: Malachite / Azurite Sidi Ayed, Morocco  #573: Azurite Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico  #595: Azurite / Malachite Congo [DRC]  #722: Azurite Katanga, Congo [DRC]  #793: Azurite Morenci Mine, Arizona, USA  #886: Malachite / Azurite China  #956: Azurite / Olivenite Christiania Mine, Lavrion, Greece  #976: Azurite / Calcite / Aurichalcite Helvetia District, Pima County, Arizona, USA  #1185: Chrysocolla ps. Malachite ps. Azurite Tenke-Fungurumearea, Kolwezi Mining District, Congo [DRC]  #1221: Azurite / Malachite Palabanda quarries, Mfouti, Bouenza, Congo [Republic]  #1241: Azurite Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France  #1250: Azurite / Malachite  #1480: Azurite Morocco  #1483: Azurite China  #1566: Azurite / Malachite Palabanda quarries, Mfouti, Bouenza, Congo [Republic]  #1567: Azurite Palabanda quarries, Mfouti, Bouenza, Congo [Republic] |
| IMA Chemistry: | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Azurite contains elements: Copper (Cu) Carbon (C) Oxygen (O) Hydrogen (H) |
| Country of Type Locality: | France |
| Year First Published: | 1824 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | The name was used on several different minerals prior to this publication: Beudant F S (1832) Azurite, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition, (Paris) 373-374 |
| Structural Group Name: | Not in a structural group |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | |
| Crystal Systems: | monoclinic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 4000 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 3.75 |
| Diaphaneity: | 2.0 |
| Specific Gravity: | 3.7760000000000002 |
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