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Azurite and Malachite from Touissit Mine, 21 km SSE of Oujda, Jerada Province, Oriental, Morocco

 
Azurite and Malachite from Touissit Mine, 21 km SSE of Oujda, Jerada Province, Oriental, Morocco

Azurite and Malachite from Touissit Mine, 21 km SSE of Oujda, Jerada Province, Oriental, Morocco

Azurite and Malachite from Touissit Mine, 21 km SSE of Oujda, Jerada Province, Oriental, Morocco

DESCRIPTION:No. 63298
Mineral:Azurite and Malachite
Locality:Touissit Mine, 21 km SSE of Oujda, Jerada Province, Oriental, Morocco
Description:Lustrous translucent dark-blue azurite crystals to 15 mm on brown limonite-stained matrix with smaller crystals of a translucent olive-green mineral tentatively identified as malachite, but the color and translucency is not typical of malachite.
Overall Size:19x18x17 mm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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