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Azurite from Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Sonora, Mexico

Dimensions: 3.3 x 3. 2 x 3.2cm Location: Milpillas Mine, Cuitara, Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico A beautiful blue color typical of the Milpillas mine, perfect Azurite crystal (1.2cm), resting on a matrix covered with a microcrystallization of Malachite. A very harmonious whole. Dimensions without the acrylic base, which is supplied with the mineralogical specimen. The mineral is not glued to the base.

Product details

SpeciesAzuriteMalachite
Added on05/08/2026
LocalityMexico, Sonora, Milpillas Mine
Current owner
BG
Barras Gautier Minéraux
Member since 2026

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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.
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Azurite from Milpillas Mine
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Milpillas Mine
Milpillas Mine, Mexico — defining modern locality famed for electric indigo azurite and sculptural malachite, with rare volborthite, dioptase, and cuprite.