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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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| Description: |
| 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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| 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: | | Kimbwé, Kinsevere District, Katanga Copper Crescent, 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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Location: Ridgecrest, California
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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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rweaver
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| Posted: Apr 23, 2020 10:52 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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A few more from my collection.
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Old Town workings, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.0cm x 5.2cm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Morenci Mine, Northwest Extension, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.8cm x 5.0m |
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Morenci, Morenci Open Pit, Arizona
Former collections of Tom Potucek, Colorado School of Mines |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.8cm x 7.1cm |
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| Former collection of Lloyd Tate |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | United Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.3cm x 3.0cm |
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| Former collection of Frank Knechtel |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.8cm x 3.5cm |
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| Former collections of W.E. Baker, Robert J. Trimingham, Les and Paula Presmyk, |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Apex Mine, Jarvis Peak, Beaver Dam Mountains, Tutsagubet District, Washington County, Utah, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5cm x 4.3cm |
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| Former collection of Frank Knechtel |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Big Indian Mine, Big Indian District, San Juan County, Utah, USA | |
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Big Indian Mine, Lisbon Valley, Utah
This one has been in my collection since Oct 1981 and is from the old finds. |
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Sante Celiberti
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| Posted: Apr 26, 2020 16:57 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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| Philippe Durand wrote: | thank your for this thread.
Definitively one of my favorite mineral (but quite expensive indeed) to dream of. |
Hi, Philippe.
I've long since stopped making big dreams.
I had to be happy with some "siesta" (very cheap indeed).
Cheers.
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 34 x 20 mm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 35 x 21 mm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | La Sal Mountains, La Sal District, Grand County, Utah, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 23 x 21 mm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 32 x 28 mm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite, Malachite |
| Locality: | | Kerrouchen, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 41 x 18 mm |
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| Mineral: | Azurite, Malachite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | M'Cissi, Alnif, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 72 x 11 mm |
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Kevin Schofield
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| Posted: Apr 27, 2020 14:36 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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Some African favourites from my collection...
| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, second oxidation zone, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region , Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.3cm |
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| OK, a wee bit of a liberty, as this is only partly azurite...but the malachite replacement is very aesthetic and specific, leaving the ends of the azurite prisms intact. From the "Perkins Sams" pocket of the early 1980s. Ex Frank Levy and George Elling collections. Photo credit: Joe Budd |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5cm |
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| My favourite from Tsumeb. The secondary growth of azurite is deep lustrous blue over the earlier dull partially-replaced first generation. A late scattering of mm-scale cerussites. Photo credit: Joe Budd |
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite with Azurite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.1cm |
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| A very rare association (per Paul Keller, Mineralogical Record Tsumeb issue, 1977) of a spray of azurite on deep apple-green smithsonite, probably from the first oxidation zone. Photo credit: Joe Budd |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Nchanga Mine, Intermediate Orebody 12E, 151m bench, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia | |
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| Dimensions: | 11.2cm |
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| An aggregate of robust rather unusual fan-shaped crystals collected in 1980 by Richard le Sueur when he was employed as the mine geologist. |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Nchanga Mine, Intermediate Orebody 12E, 151m bench, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia | |
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| Dimensions: | 10cm |
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| More delicate fan-shaped crystals on a matrix of malachite |
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Sante Celiberti
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| Posted: Apr 27, 2020 15:49 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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| A magnificent representation of African azurites!
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Kevin Schofield
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| Posted: Apr 27, 2020 16:25 Post subject: Re: Favourite Azurites? |
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Grazie Sante!
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