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Azurite

Origin: Silver Bell mine, Tucson, Pima Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Owner: Lou Perloff

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Photo courtesy of:

Lou Perloff

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Crystalline azurite area of about 6 mm, with apple green conichalcite

Azurite area 4.5 mm, with dark translucent green balls of cuprian adamite

Bladed azurite crystals to 0.6 mm on a ball of malachite replaced by an undefind white mineral

Azurite balls to 2 mm

Origin: Kamareza Mines (Christiana; Hilarion; Jean Baptiste; Serpieri), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece

Owner: Steve Rust

Area 1.5cm

Origin: Christiana Mine, Kamareza Mines (Christiana; Hilarion; Jean Baptiste; Serpieri), Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece

Owner: Steve Rust

Photo courtesy of:

Steve Rust

Origin: Emma Mine, Hanover, Grant County, New Mexico, U.S.A

Sample size: 5.3 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

Origin: Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mt Isa, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia

Sample size: field of view 3 mm

Sample owner: Vic Cloete

Cluster of azurite on quartz

This lustrous azurite is exceptional, presents almost black, but under intense light shows transparency and overgrowth on malachite(?) clusters just below the surface.

Origin: New Cobar Mine, Cobar, Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia

Sample size: 4 mm cluster (top), near 3 mm (bottom)

Sample owner: Vic Cloete

Photo courtesy of:

Vic Cloete

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