AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Namibia > Azurite and Malachite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 41795 |
Mineral: | Azurite and Malachite |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia |
Description: | Lustrous rhombohedral dark-blue azurite crystals up to 9 mm with a large bladed-prismatic azurite crystal 22 mm long on the top with some colorless calcite crystals to 4 mm. Several of the azurite crystals have partially altered to green malachite. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #143; ex. Lawrence H. Conklin (1933-2016) |
Overall Size: | 6.5x5x4.5 cm |
Crystals: | 3-22 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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