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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 75065 |
| Mineral: | Barite on Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite |
| Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Description: | Plate of fibrous green malachite pseudomorphs after bladed azurite crystals to 13 mm with lustrous bladed transparent colorless barite crystals to 4 mm. Azurite formed first, altered to malachite, maintaining the azurite shape, then barite formed. Collected in 2012-2013 |
| Overall Size: | 6x4.5x1.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-4 mm; 3-13 mm pseudos |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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