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Malachite after Azurite

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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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The Morenci mine in Greenlee County, Arizona is one of the best-known localities for secondary copper mineralization in the USA. Fabulous specimens of Malachite and Azurite started coming out during the 1970s and continued for some time. This cabinet-sized display specimen is a real classic, consisting of a solid aggregate of bladed crystals of Azurite replaced, or pseudomorphed, by fibrous velvety green Malachite. These bladed pseudomorphs reach up to 3 cm in length. In a further complication to the paragenesis, glossy deep blue, bladed Azurite crystals have then grown on top and extend out from the Malachite pseudomorphs. Not only is this a beautiful aesthetic specimen, but it has a story to tell too.

Product details

Species
Malachite, AzuriteAbout Malachite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.2 x 8.8 x 2.8 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
USA, Arizona, Morenci MineRegional guide →
SKUCC11794

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Malachite
Mineral guide
Learn about Malachite
vivid green banded crystals and botryoidal forms from copper deposits; color varieties, formation clues, and identification tips for collectors.
Malachite
Regional guide
Malachite from Morenci Mine, Arizona, USA
from the Morenci Mine is classic Arizona copper-country material: vivid green secondary copper carbonate from one of the great porphyry copper systems of the American Southwest. The most desirable specimens are not anonymous green crusts, but sculptural pieces in which malachite makes rounded balls, botryoidal coatings, velvety sprays, crystalline crusts, and, at its best, sharp pseudomorphs or sparkling aggregates set against the dark, oxidized matrix of the mine. When associated with electric-blue azurite or pale to turquoise-blue chrysocolla, Morenci malachite has the high-contrast color language that collectors immediately associate with the locality.