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Azurite on Malachite from Carlota Mine, 3460' level, Pinto Creek, Miami-Inspiration District, Gila County, Arizona

 
Azurite on Malachite from Carlota Mine, 3460' level, Pinto Creek, Miami-Inspiration District, Gila County, Arizona

Azurite on Malachite from Carlota Mine, 3460' level, Pinto Creek, Miami-Inspiration District, Gila County, Arizona

Azurite on Malachite from Carlota Mine, 3460' level, Pinto Creek, Miami-Inspiration District, Gila County, Arizona

Azurite on Malachite from Carlota Mine, 3460' level, Pinto Creek, Miami-Inspiration District, Gila County, Arizona

DESCRIPTION:No. 49286
Mineral:Azurite on Malachite
Locality:Carlota Mine, 3460' level, Pinto Creek, Miami-Inspiration District, Gila County, Arizona
Description:Lustrous transparent dark-blue azurite crystals on a thin crust of powdery green malachite. The azurite crystals are rhombohedral crystal form with complex crystallization patterns on the crystal faces and complex edge faces. The locality is now closed. Collected Oct. 24, 2009; ex. Evan Jones
Overall Size:6.5x5x1.5 cm
Crystals:4-8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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