Azurite

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This remarkable miniature would be a killer from ANY locality, even from Tsumeb - the previous gold standard for a sharp azurite crystal. But, I think the best of this mine can hold their own as you see here. And for Mexico...this is off the previous charts! (...and would have struck me as a lie if presented to me 2 years ago, before I'd followed the development here and seen photos!) This is a complete-all-around, sharp crystal with exceptional form and the lustrous, bright, almost metallic deep-blue color that this mine is going to someday be famous for. The piece is nearly pristine, with a small contact on the left side, showing an internal malachite pseudomorph of 1st-generation azurite underlaying a second-generation azurite coating. BETTER In PERSON!