Is Azurite a Mineral?

Azurite, a copper carbonate mineral, is a common secondary mineral. The host is usually a volcanic rock. Collector's azurite crystals mostly came from Chessy in France (the oldest mine since mid-1800s), Morenci and Bisbee in Arizona, Tsumeb in Namibia, and Touissit in Morocco.

Is azurite a carbonate mineral?

Azurite, also called chessylite, basic copper carbonate [Cu3(OH)2(CO3)2]. It is ordinarily found with malachite in the oxidized zone of copper lodes. ... For detailed physical properties, see carbonate mineral (table).

Is azurite a native mineral?

Description: Azurite is an attractive blue mineral found as a secondary weathering and supergene mineral formed from the alteration of native copper and other copper minerals.

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