Azurite

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

Naturhistorisches Museum Bern·NMBE 2026.0118

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

Ultramarine crystal aggregate · principal phase

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

Malachite (partial replacement)

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
Chessy-les-Mines · acquired 2018 — exact coordinates available on request from the holding institution.