Size 7.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm. Platy crystals of azurite encrusting a
goethite
matrix, with small cavities and veinlets of
malachite.
The azurite is partly overgrown by colourless crystals of
calcite.
Scattered and aggregated azurite balls to 5 mm diameter on gossan matrix
Origin: Hilarion Mine (Hilarion adit; Kamareza Mine 48; "Akrobates" Mine),
Kamareza Mines (Christiana; Hilarion; Jean Baptiste; Serpieri), Agios
Konstantinos [St Constantine] (Kamareza; Kamariza), Lavrion District, Attikí
(Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece
Owner: Steve Rust
1 mm crystal
2 mm crystal group, with
malachite,
the white mineral is undefined
2 mm long azurite crystal with acicular divergent groups of
agardite-(La)
Origin: Sounion Mine #06 ("Exi" Mine), Agia Varvara Mines (St Barbara Mines) ,
Sounion Area, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece
Owner: Steve Rust
area 4 mm
Origin: Lletty Evanhen Mine (Vaughan), Bontgoch, Trefeirig, Ceredigion (Dyfed;
Cardiganshire), Wales, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
Crystals to 1 mm on
barite
Origin: Clevedon Beach, Somerset, England, UK
Owner: Steve Rust
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