Azurite on Malachite

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A plate of light green massive malachite is the host for a crust of intergrown, "primary' deep green, acicular crystals of malachite, to .2 cm across. The malachite is surmounted by a swath of lustrous, intricately crystallized, deepest-azure-blue azurite. This specimen looks just like an abstract painting with thick brush strokes and the contrast in form supplemented by color is striking! One of the better large plates of this habit, that I have seen