Mineral: Azurite and Malachite
Locality: Shaft IX (Puit IX), Zellidja Mine, Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Dimensions: 5 × 3.7 × 3.5 cm

Description: A classic sample from Puit IX (shaft nine of the Zellidja Mine) The very brilliant, damage free and intensely colored prisms are shorter and thicker than is normal, and they have an aerial form. A partial coating of Malachite gives a special touch to it.

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