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Tobi
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 Posted: Apr 19, 2020 05:46 Post subject: Favourite Azurites? |
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Azurite, though not one my favourites, is for sure one of the classic minerals that many collectors love. I think it should not miss here in these favourite listing. And though this mineral is not one of my collecting focuses, there are some azurites / azurite localities that I really like. I'd like to see what your favourites are, mine are:
- Arizona (Bisbee, Morenci and others)
- Altenmittlau, Hesse, Germany
- Tsumeb, Namibia
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Carlota Mine, Top of the World, Miami-Inspiration District (Globe-Miami District), Gila County, Arizona, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 12 cm / 6 cm / 15 cm |
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| Collection Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo) |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5 cm |
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| Collection Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo) |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 cm |
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| Collection Terra Mineralia, Freiberg (my photo) |
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| Mineral: | Azurite, Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Schmitt dolomite Quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis District, Spessart, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 3,5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Tenorite |
| Locality: | | Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 19 cm |
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Peter Megaw
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 07:22 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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Gotta go Mexican if you're gonna pull out azurite...Milpillas is THE locality in terms of beauty, variety and quantity.
| Mineral: | Azurite and Malachite |
| Locality: | | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 8 cm |
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| Biggest azurites are 2 cm across. Tolvas Duales. Peter Megaw specimen, Jeff Scovil image |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 12 cm x 12 cm x 7cm |
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| The Bat...thin plates with dickite between them. Peter Megaw specimen, Jeff Scovil image |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 9 x 4 cm |
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Different bladed style.
Peter Megaw specimen, Jeff Scovil image |
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JoséMiguel
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 08:09 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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Excellent Azurite from Morenci, Tobi. Fine Azurites from Milpillas, Peter. I include an old time Azurite from Chessy-les-mines.
| Mineral: | Azurite, Malachite. |
| Locality: | | Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.3 × 6 × 2 cm |
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Roger Warin
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 09:07 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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And this one seen at the Munich Show in 2017.
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 10:03 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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For sure Tsumeb, Milpillas, and Bisbee have to be at the top of the list as far as the number of superb specimens they have produced. However there are so many other localities that are worthy of mention such as Touissit, Shilu, Malbunka, etc.
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, second oxidation zone, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.2 cm x 6.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 cm x 3.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Calumet and Arizona Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.7 cm x 3.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite and Malachite |
| Locality: | | Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.4 cm x 6.3 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Shilu Mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 cm x 5.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Malbunka copper Mine, Western Aranda, Ltalaltuma, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.3 cm x 8.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | La Sal Mountains, La Sal District, Grand County, Utah, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.1 cm x 5.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Hanover #2 Mine, Hanover-Fierro District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.2 cm x 3.0 cm |
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bob kerr
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 11:01 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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YES - my favorite mineral. I'm color-blind in the red/green wave lengths but can see blues well so.... I guess it's no surprise.
Like Pete said - Milpillas rules for azurites - my other favorites are Bisbee, Tsumeb and Touissit in that order. Tsumeb and Touissit are lagging since the azurites from there tend to be black rather than blue - and Milpillas and Bisbee tend to be so much more "electric".
Without repeating photos from these localities, I'll post two of the more memorable azurites that I've seen over the years.
bob
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia | |
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| I saw this specimen in Richard LeSueur's room at the 2018 Tucson show at the HTTC. The vivid, lustrous blue is contrasted tremendously with the brown iron oxide coated matrix |
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| Mineral: | Azurite and Malachite |
| Locality: | | Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA | |
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| This specimen would catch your eye from way across the room. The luster and electric blue color are right up there with Milpillas. In the Scott Rudolf case at the 2019 TGMS Show |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 11:47 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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| Great contributions, guys! I guess it was a rather good idea to start this topic ;-)
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Brent Lockhart
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Location: Larkspur, Colorado
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 14:01 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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Here are a couple of my favorites, starting with this one from the Jewel Pocket, Milpillas. This was a fairly small pocket which produced some very nice Azurites with inky midnight blue crystals on a bed of electric blue xls
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Dimensions: | 8.0 x 4.3 x 3.0 cms. |
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Brent Lockhart
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 14:08 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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Here is another specimen from a lesser known locality in the DRC.
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Kimbwe Pit (Kinsevere Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.3 x 3.1 x 3.0 cms. |
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rweaver
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 14:15 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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Just a couple from my Arizona collection
| Mineral: | Azurite on Malachite |
| Locality: | | Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.0cm x 7.5cm |
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| Former collections of Frank Knechtel and Carl Stentz |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.5cm x 4.8cm |
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| Former collections of E. Mitchell Gunnell and P. Polndorf |
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| Mineral: | Azurite on Malachite |
| Locality: | | Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0cm x 5.1cm |
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| Former collection of MIguel Romero |
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am mizunaka
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2020 16:42 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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| Mineral: | Azurite, Malachite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.0 x 2.8 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite, Malachite |
| Locality: | | Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.0 x 7.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite, Malachite |
| Locality: | | Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhét Province, Laos (Lao P.D.R.) | |
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| Dimensions: | 12.4 x 5.6 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Apr 20, 2020 01:51 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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| Outstanding specimens, I love that large one from Laos!
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Philippe Durand
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Bruce Friedman
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| Posted: Apr 20, 2020 11:56 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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One of my favorite azurites in my collection is this Bisbee piece from the 400 foot level of the Copper Queen mine. It's provenance is from the James Douglas collection (first president of Phelps Dodge Corporation and owner of the Copper Queen mine) and the National Museum of Natural History.
| Mineral: | Azurite and Malachite |
| Locality: | | Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 18 x 12 x 6 |
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Bruce Friedman
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| Posted: Apr 20, 2020 12:00 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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This is the Back of the specimen
Bruce Friedman
| Mineral: | Azurite and Malachite |
| Locality: | | Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 18 x 12 x 6 |
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