Azurite

A very elegant and fine azurite mini, with highly lustrous crystals of fine deep blue accented by a shade of pseudomorphing to malachite.

Origin: Boulmaadeen Mine, Mibladen, Morocco

Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm

Origin: Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co, Arizona , U.S.A.

ex. F.J. Barlow Collection

Sample size: 3.4 x 3 x 2.8 cm

Origin: Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.9 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm

Origin: Fierro-Hanover District, Grant County, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Sample size: 2.8 x 2.4 x 2 cm

Azurite with arsentsumebite

Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia

Sample size: 3.7 x 3 x 2.5 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Azurite with malachite

Origin: Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Ex. Martin Zinn collection

Sample size: 4 x 2.8 x 5.2 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

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