AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Azurite with Malachite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 82721 |
Mineral: | Azurite with Malachite |
Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
Description: | Several lustrous blue azurite crystals with cores of green fibrous malachite crystal alteration. The azurite crystals are flattened rhombohedral form with striated crystal faces. The altered azurite crystals have a 0.5 mm thin skin over malachite cores. Ex. Miller collection T3946; acquired in 2018 from E. Greene. |
Overall Size: | 27x17x17 mm |
Crystals: | 1-7 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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