Azurite - image 1

Azurite

Do you know The Mineralogical Museum, University of Delaware?

Invite them to claim this profile and join EarthWonders.

Sign in to invite
Help improve this record

No owner is registered for this specimen yet. If it's yours or you know more about it, you can add the owner, provenance, publications and other details.

Sign in to contribute
Azurite stalactite, 18.4 cm, from Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona. The specimen was traded by the Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum to the University of Delaware because it was broken in two. The late conservator Kory Berrett repaired it so well that it now shows no visible break.

Product details

SpeciesAzurite
SizeLarge Cabinet
Dimensions18.4 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityUSA, Arizona, Bisbee
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collection University Of Delaware page 50
Current owner
The Mineralogical Museum, University of Delaware

Added by the community · Not a registered member

Previous owners
DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Arizona-Sonora Desert MuseumNot disclosed

Learn more

Azurite
Mineral guide
Learn about Azurite
deep blue copper carbonate with prismatic and botryoidal forms; alters to malachite; Mohs 3.5–4; identify color, habit, and notable localities.
Azurite
Regional guide
Azurite from Bisbee
Sign in to contribute
Locality guide
Bisbee
Bisbee, USA: a historic copper-ore district famed for blue-green malachite, azurite roses, cuprite, native copper, and sculptural copper-carbonate forms.