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Malachite after Azurite
Elegant, velvety pseudomorph of malachite after azurite from the Morenci mine in Arizona. A large, bright green, rosette-like aggregate composed of numerous bladed spearpoints of former azurite crystals now completely pseudomorphed to splendid green, satin lustered malachite! The Morenci mine is a porphyry copper deposit in Arizona that has been in production for decades and is the largest copper producer in North America. It has also been an intermittent producer of very good mineral specimens over the years and this great piece is evidence of that. There is finely crystalline malachite on the backside where there is a distinct cast of where the piece was "attached" to the substrate.
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Product details
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.2 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Locality
Added on10/23/2024
Comments
Known provenance
2024/08
Unknown Owner
Not disclosed—Species and Locality Wiki Pages
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