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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 68492 |
| Mineral: | Azurite and Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite |
| Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Description: | Lustrous blue azurite crystals to 10 mm with fibrous green malachite pseudomorphs after azurite crystals to 30 mm on one edge of light-colored matrix. The azurite crystals formed first, altered to malachite internally, leaving thin azurite outer layers. |
| Overall Size: | 7.5x5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 5-30 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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