31504: Azurite, Malachite replacing
Azurite and Calcite - $8 Ojuela Mine, MapimÃ, Mapimà Municipality, Durango, Mexico Miniature - 3.2 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm 26 grams Specimen status: Reserved Send an email with specimen number to order A limonite matrix cleft is carpeted
with acicular malachite 'fuzz'. A few gemmy azurite
crystals to about 3 mm are also seen as well as one doubly
terminated malachite replacement of a previous azurite
crystal, about 4 mm in size. (Malachite replacements of
azurite are uncommon at the Ojuela Mine).
The edge of the cleft hosts a few gemmy, transparent
calcite crystals. The matrix contains additional veins of
crystalline azurite and malachite. Could be reduced to a
thumbnail without major loss. Best appreciated under
magnification: hand lens, microscope or camera lens.
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