| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from France > Azurite with minor Malachite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72242 |
| Mineral: | Azurite with minor Malachite |
| Locality: | Chessy-les-Mines, Rhône, 23 km NW of Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France |
| Description: | Floater formation, crystallized on all faces with no attachment point, of lustrous translucent blue azurite crystals with small patched to 1 mm of fibrous green malachite microcrystals on the surfaces and remnants of white clay in crevices. Ex. G. McLoughlin collection, acquired from George F. Melloy (1919-2011) in 1985, ex. Karl Vossbrink |
| Overall Size: | 35x25x20 mm |
| Crystals: | micro to 18 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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