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specimen
Malachite, Azurite, Quartz
Celebrity specimen
Mineralogical RecordVolume: 51, Issue: 1, page 36
Details
ColorsGrey, White, Green
CountryUSA
OriginPiedmont Mine
PublicationsMineralogical Record Volume: 51, Issue: 1 page 36
Species
Mlc
Malachite
Azu
Azurite
Qz
Quartz
Description
Figure 11. A cluster of five malachite-after-azurite pseu-domorphs with a gemmy drusy quartz coating, perched on a plate of quartz crystals, 6.2 cm, from the Piedmont mine. Note the fibrous structure of the malachite (typi-cal of pseudomorphs) in the lower-left crystal. Barbara Muntyan collection, ex Everett and Bonnie Thompson, Les Presmyk, and Chris Cowan collections; Jeff Scovil photo.