Azurite partially altered to Malachite from Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72181
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| Mineral: | Azurite partially altered to Malachite
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| Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico |
| Description: | Superb elongated cluster of lustrous vivid-blue azurite crystals with fibrous green malachite crystals cores caused by the azurite altering to malachite from the inside. If alteration continued it would produce malachite pseudomorphs after azurite. Collected in 2012-2013 |
| Overall Size: | 7x3.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 5-20 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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