Azurite with Malachite, Wulfenite Rosasite, Smithsonite and Bayldonite - image 1
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Azurite with Malachite, Wulfenite Rosasite, Smithsonite and Bayldonite

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A small cabinet specimen of great form and complexity from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia. A granular matrix of mixed Limonite, Malachite and occasional Azurite is richly coated with numerous gemmy azure-blue Azurite crystals, many partly pseudomorphing to Malachite. Where this is occurring, the Malachite appears as either velvety patches or flattened silky fans of radiating acicular crystals. A 6 x 6 mm patch of distorted Wulfenite crystals sit towards the front left adjacent to botryoidal turquoise coatings of Rosasite. Granular and microcrystalline Smithsonite and Bayldonite occur throughout the specimen. A busy, interesting and attractive specimen from Tsumeb.

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SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions3.9 x 6.7 x 3.4 cm
Added on10/24/2024
Current owner
Unknown Owner
Acquired 07/2026·Paid $3,500.00
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DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Crystal ClassicsNot disclosed

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Tsumeb
Tsumeb, Namibia — world-renowned locality famed for a rich copper–lead–zinc ore pipe, with dioptase on calcite, azurite blades, and smithsonite prized by colle…