Azurite with Chalcocite
Chalcocite is a dark coloured mineral that is an important ore for copper, forming within veins filled with hot fluids and gases before they cool and form this mineral. The Azurite occurs later when the copper ore is exposed to weathering – either oxygen or groundwater – that ‘rusts’ the Chalcocite and alters the atomic structure to become brightly coloured Azurite.
Specimen Information
Store: Pacific Museum of the Earth, University of British Columbia
Collection: UBC Collection
Accession #: 906
Primary Mineral: Azurite
Secondary Mineral: Chalcocite
Site Locality: Jubilee Mountain
Location: Nelson, British Columbia
Special Features: n/a
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