Mineral: Azurite
Locality: Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Dimensions: 13 x 8 x 9 cm / main crystal: 6.0 cm

Description: Mass: 417 g MIM number:1821 Nicknamed "Deconstruction" by the mim. Intact group of azurite crystals of azurite on a thin gray matrix with a little fibrous pseudomorphosed green malachite at the base. The architecture is reminiscent of modern decontructivism. The crystals have a beautiful metallic and chatoyant blue color resulting from interference phenomena between the underlying azurite, the thin layer of malachite which has formed on it, and a thin layer of azurite which has later formed on the latter. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence

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