Azurite with malachite

Mineral specimen · acquired 2018 · Chessy-les-Mines, France

Naturhistorisches Museum Bern·NMBE 2026.0118

Mineral

Specimen overview

Nickel-Strunz 5.BA.05 Carbonates · Azurite group
Dana 16a.03.01.01
Lithostratigraphic Secondary copper oxidation zone Chessy-les-Mines, Rhône

Constituent parts (2)

Azurite (en) Major phenocryst

Classification

Also known as Kupferlasur ( de, historical ) · Lazurite de cuivre ( fr, alternate name )

Ultramarine crystal aggregate · principal phase

Nickel-Strunz 5.BA.05 Carbonates · Azurite group
Dana 16a.03.01.01
Habit Prismatic to tabular

Malachite (en) Minor alteration product

Classification

Also known as Berggrün ( de, historical )

Green pseudomorphic alteration along azurite margins

Nickel-Strunz 5.BA.10 Carbonates · Malachite group
Dana 16a.03.02.01
Process Pseudomorph after azurite Hydration in oxidising zone

Locality

Map showing the locality of Azurite with malachite
Chessy-les-Mines · acquired 2018
Named place
Chessy-les-Mines
Country
France
First-order division
Rhône
Sampled feature
mine pit
Verbatim locality

Chessy-les-Mines copper deposit, near Lyon — acquired by NMBE 2018

Exact coordinates available on request from the holding institution.