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JC13353. Azurite.
Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco.
7 x 5 x 4cm 80g $270.00. A lustrous dark blue
intergrown cluster of bladed azurite crystals from Touissit, Morocco.
Individual bladed crystals of azurite measure to 2 cm in length.
Orange-brown goethite is associated with the azurite and has impacted the
crystal growth in some areas where it is included within the azurite, but
many of the azurite crystals are well formed with sharp bladed termination.
An attractive cabinet specimen for Morocco and a very fine azurite from
Touissit. Piece displays well,
and is much better in person. I photographed it both with a white back
ground and a black background. Older piece, from the
1990's. |
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JC13353. Back side. |
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JC13353. Another view. |
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JC13353. Closer view. |
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JC13353. Closer view. |
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JC13353. Closer view. |
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JC13353. Black back ground for the
photo shot |
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JC13353. Black back ground for the
photo shot |
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JC9263. Azurite, malachite.
Milpillas mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz municipality, Sonora, Mexico.
3.5 x 4 cm 24g A 1.5 cm crystal. $65.00 A brilliant dark
blue crystal on light colored matrix as seen here. Shows very nicely.
Has a tiny ding on the termination, shown in the lowest photograph
SOLD |
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JC8292. Azurite. Kimbwe pit,
Kinsevere mine, Kipushi territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. 2 x 4.5
x 8.5 cm 104g $50.00. Not often seen are the azurites from here.
Bladed crystals with a touch of malachite. Sort of a bright satiny
luster. SOLD |
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JC13350. Azurite, malachite pseudo
azurite. Morenci mine, Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona.
6.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm 124g $280.00 Beautiful, classic
specimen from Morenci, one of the great copper localities in the U.S.
This eye-catching small cabinet specimen features attractive layered
"rose"-shaped groups consisting of lustrous, tabular crystals of deep blue
Azurite, which have largely been pseudomorphed to green Malachite. The
largest individual crystal measures about 1.3 cm. EX Stan Espanshade.
C: 1980's |
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JC13350. Side view. |
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JC13350. Another view. |
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JC13350. Closer view of top area. |
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JC13349. Azurite. Touissit-Bou
Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco. 6.5 × 4
× 2 cm 36g
$85.00 Bright dark blue crystals, with a somewhat pitted look from
iron oxide on the outside. Older piece. |
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JC13349. Another slightly different view. |
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JC13349. Another slightly different view. |
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JC13349. Another view. |
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JC13349. Back side. |
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JC13332. Azurite.
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China.
9.3 x 6.7 x 2.5 cm 181g $150.00 Larger than usual crystals
from here, on a flat plate. The azurite crystals are growing on
massive malachite. Luster is satiny. Some of the crystals are
partially altered to malachite. |
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JC13332. Another view. |
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JC13332. Close up. |
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JC13246. Azurite, malachite.
M'Ssici, Alnif Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
6 x 4.5 x 5 cm 128g $70.00 A typical piece from
here, these came out several years ago. Blue, sort of botryoidal
azurite rosettes with scattered malachite alteration. |
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JC13246. Another view. |
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JC13245. Azurite. Tsumeb
mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 3 x 2 x 2 cm 24g $25.00.
A thumbnail with small brilliant blue crystals as seen here. |
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JC13245. Another view. |
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JC12759. Azurite. Vieja
mine?, Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.
6.5 x 3 x 4.5 cm 96g. $45.00. Brilliant, dark blue
crystals with a bit of associated quartz, and white specks of what appears
to be cerussite. Older piece, I traded for quartz crystals
at Re-peat Rock Shop, in Auburn, California in December 1970. Piece
was collected prior to that, but I don't know by how much. This is the
location I was given by the Rock Shop. I could not find a
Vieja mine near Sierra Rica on the web. The Vieja mine I did find is
in Magistral, Mun. de Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico. There is one
reference to the Vieja mine as producing azurite, but no photos or other
information. So for now I will stick to Sierra Rica as the location.
Crowley collection #61. |
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JC12759. Close up view. |
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JC12741. Azurite, malachite.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia. 4.7 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm
17g $450.00 Just shy of 2 inches, is this perfect, chisel
termination azurite, with a little bit of replacement by malachite. An
interesting pedigree, as it is from the Wilhelm Kegel collection, who was
from 1924 to 1933 director of the mining operations at Tsumeb mine.
Ex Erika Pohl Stroher collection. |
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JC12741. Another angle. |
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JC12741. Back side. |
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JC12693. Azurite. Liufengshan
Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 7 x 6 x 2 cm
138g $165.00. The majority of azurites from Liufengshan
are druses of near micro crystals. This one is nice, with larger,
slightly bladed looking, very lustrous crystals. |
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JC12693. Another view. |
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JC12693. Another view. |
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JC12462. Azurite.
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region,
Morocco. 3.5 x 4.3 x 6.2 cm 148g $165.00. Rather
flat lying crystals on a chalcocite rich matrix. Interesting
crystal formation. |
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JC12462. Another view. |
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JC12462. Another view. |
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JC12462. Close up of the large,
almost flat lying crystal. |
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JC12344. Azurite. Holbrook
mine, Bisbee, Cochise county, Arizona. 5 x 6.5 cm 161g.
$125.00. Small specks of gibbsite are present, these are the
white spots. Rounded aggregate of azurite, with crystal
faces on the spheroids. Not lustrous. Back side has rounded
blobby azurite, with bright micro crystals in the small vugs. |
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JC12344. Closer view of
specimen. |
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JC12344. Back side. |
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JC12086. Azurite. Morenci,
Greenlee county, Arizona. 5 x 5 cm 149g $300.00
Floater "rose" azurite. I photographed it from all sides.
RESERVED |
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JC12086. Another view. |
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JC12086. Another view. |
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JC12086. Another view. |
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JC12038. Azurite. Itauz Mine,
Zhilandy group, Satpayev, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan. 2.3
cm tall crystal. $90.00 Assuming the locality label is
correct, this is a very rare specimen from here. Thumbnail in a
little white box. |
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JC12038. Another view. |
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JC12038. Another view, oblique. |
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JC12038. Back side. |
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JC12038. Side view. |
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JC12038. Other side view. |
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JC10686. Azurite, malachite.
Aranzazu mine (Cobre mine), Concepcion delo Oro, Concepcion del Oro
municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico. 4 x 7 cm 66g
$185.00. From the find of the 1960's, these are now not often
seen for sale with this size of crystals.. This one has a
vug filled with relatively large, gemmy, dark blue azurite crystals with
some malachite. Classic specimen from this classic old find.
Ex Kaye Robertson collection. Better in person. Camera has a
hard time differentiating the various crystals. |
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JC10686. Another view. |
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JC10686. Another view. |
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JC10686. Another view. |
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JC10686. Another view. |
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JC10686. Another view. |
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JC10337. Azurite. Tsumeb mine,
Tsumeb, Namibia. 4 x 5 cm 90g. $35.00.
Purportedly from the Easter Pocket. A group of lustrous dark
blue crystals. Largest on the top, with crystals all around the piece.
A tough one to photo, so I took several angles around the piece. |
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JC10337. Another view. |
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JC10337. Close up of the
larger crystals on the top. |
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JC10337. Back side |
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JC9302. Azurite. Tsumeb mine,
Tsumeb, Namibia. 3.5 cm tall. $45.00. A two
centimeter azurite crystal tops this little group. Below it are half a
dozen smaller azurite crystals. The termination on the main crystal is
flat. There is a bit of malachite present, darker than the photo would
indicate. Front view and oblique view of front.
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JC9302. Back views. |
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JC9099. Azurite, malachite.
Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Savannakhet province, Laos.
3 x 4.5 cm 26g. $150.00. A very nice miniature
featuring a main crystal of the classic type from here. The azurite
was replaced by malachite and in turn coated with azurite, giving this
great, vibrant, schiller like blue color. A crystal on the side
that is both malachite and azurite. |
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JC9099. Slightly different
angle. |
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JC8302. Azurite. Sepon mine,
Khanong open pit, Vilabouly district, Savannakhet province, Laos.
6.5 x 8 cm 150g. $350.00. Brilliant blue blades up
to 7mm in size. Ex Crowley collection: JAC1729.
The Sepon mine is no longer producing good specimens like these. I
purchased this one in 2015. |
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JC8302. Closer look. |
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JC8302. Closer look. |
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JC8302. Closer look. |
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JC11907. Azurite. Liufengshan
Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 3 x 6.5 cm 64g.
$40.00 Sparkly, rather blocky crystals. |
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JC11907. Closer view. |
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JC11732. Azurite.
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 4.5 x
7.5 cm 83g. $30.00. Drusy crystals coating the
front face. |
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JC11677. Azurite,
malachite. Morenci mine, Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona.
5.5 x 10 cm 169g. $150.00. Pretty piece,
with small ball like groups of azurite, visible just to the right of the
fibrous malachite, with drusy crystals making up the rest of the piece.
Both sides are quite attractive and sparkly. Much
better in person. |
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JC11677. Close up. |
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JC11677. Back side or front
side, both sides are presentable. |
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JC11626. Azurite, malachite.
Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 7.5 x 13 cm
727g. $398.00. Bladed crystals with botryoidal malachite
sitting on them. The malachite is a bit more green in person so
to speak. From recent finds at the mine. Pretty,
with lots of sparkle. |
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JC11626. Another view. |
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JC11626. Closer view. |
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JC11626. Closer view. |
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JC11626. Closer view. |
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JC11626. Closer view. |
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JC11609. Azurite,
malachite. Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui,
China. 8 x 8 cm 184g. $50.00. A vug filled
with brilliant blue drusy azurite. Bright and pretty. |
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JC11609. Closer view. |
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JC11609. Back side. |
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JC11608. Azurite,
malachite. Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui,
China. 10 x 16 cm >1000g. $450.00 A
large cabinet specimen of the brilliant blue azurite from here.
The upper left shows two generations of azurite, the first layer the more
brilliant blue, and the next layer on top of this one the more sparkly
darker blue. Malachite adds nice contrast. The back
side is also of interest, and could also make the display side. It is
composed of botryoidal malachite, with a bit of secondary malachite of light
green crystals here and there. Along the top edge are azurite crystals
implanted on and next to the malachite botryoids for a bit of nice contrast. |
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JC11608. Closer view of the cavity
above. |
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JC11608. Closer view of the upper
left showing the two generations of azurite. |
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JC11608. Back side. |
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JC11608. Closer view of the lower
left. |
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JC11608. Closer view of the upper
center. |
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JC11607. Azurite, malachite.
Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 7 x 8 x
14 cm 866g. $550.00 From the recent
finds at the mine. A two sided piece. This side is drusy bladed
royal blue crystals with bright luster and a bit of malachite. The
other side is azurite with a partial coating of fuzzy, acicular, primary
malachite crystals on the azurite. Pretty. |
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JC11607. Close up. |
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JC11607. Reverse side.
Either side is great for display. |
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JC11607. Close up of upper
portion. |
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JC11607. Close up of lower
portion. |
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JC11606. Azurite, malachite.
Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 10
x 17 cm >1000g. $550.00. From the more recent
finds from the Liufengshan mine. Flat plate of sharp azurite
crystals, with a partial coating of sort of fuzzy to somewhat botryoidal
malachite. These more recent ones are a bit different from the
older pieces, which usually didn't have this fuzzy primary malachite
scattered over the azurite crystals. Several close up photos of
different parts of the display face. |
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JC11606. Closer view. |
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JC11606. Closer view. |
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JC11606. Closer view. |
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JC11606. Closer view. |
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JC11586. Azurite, malachite.
Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China.
9 x 15 cm 437g. $295.00 The Liufengshan mine
is still producing specimens. This one is from recent finds at the
mine. Royal blue bright drusy crystals coating the front. |
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JC11586. Closer view. |
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JC11586. Closer view. |
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JC11586. Closer view. |
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JC11585. Azurite, malachite.
Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 5.5 x
7.5 cm 170g. $45.00 The Liufengshan mine is still
producing specimens. This one is from recent finds at the mine.
Bright royal blue crystals on the front, with botryoidal malachite on the
back. |
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JC11585. Slightly different view. |
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JC11585. Back side. |
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JC11580. Azurite, malachite, malachite
pseudo after azurite. Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz
municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 7.5 x 10 cm 177g $225.00. Flat plate with several small azurite
crystals, which are not as lustrous as most from here. Small blades of
malachite pseudos after azurite are scattered around on the all malachite
matrix. |
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JC11580. Closer view.
Small bladed crystals of malachite pseudo azurite can be seen. |
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JC11580. Close up of the
azurites. |
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JC11530. Azurite, malachite.
Lost Lake claim, Nacimiento mine, San Pablo, Sandoval county, New Mexico.
8 x 13 cm 457g. $275.00. Nice large plate of blue nodules
on Triassic sandstone. The deposit is supposedly exhausted. |
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JC11530. Slightly different
view. |
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JC11530. Closer view. |
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JC11518. Azurite. Morenci mine,
Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona. 8 x 8.5 cm 311g.
$185.00. Rounded hemispheres of azurite grouped together
on light colored matrix. There is minor rubbing on some of the
spheres, as can be seen in the photo, although it is pretty minimal. |
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JC11518. Closer view. |
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JC11436. Azurite, malachite.
Morenci mine, Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona.
Approximately 5 x 6 x 8 cm 433g. $125.00 Although
the label that came with this piece says it is Shilu mine, I have not seen
anything from either of the Chinese azurite locations, including the
Liufengshan mine, that look even close to this specimen, especially the
matrix, which is classic Morenci mine breccia matrix. So, I am calling
it as from the Morenci mine. |
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JC11436. Oblique view. |
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JC11436. Close up. Note the
little bladed crystals sticking up vertically from the more drusy azurite. |
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JC11376. Azurite, malachite.
M'Ssici,
Alnif Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
11.5 x 13 cm 968g. $350.00. Nice large piece
with nice color.
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JC11376. Another view. |
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JC11376. Closer view. |
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JC11376. Closer view. |
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JC10694. Azurite, malachite pseudo
after azurite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province,
Oriental region, Morocco. 6 x 10 cm 368g.
$65.00. Azurite crystals coating the brown matrix. The
green areas are azurite crystals replaced by malachite. Colorful, with
good luster. |
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JC10694. Close up view. |
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JC10694. Closer view. |
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JC10694. Closer view of the
azurite crystals. |
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JC10687. Azurite. Sierra Rica,
Manuel Benavides municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 5.5 x 7 cm
226g. $35.00 Bright blue, spherical aggregates of azurite
on quartz. Sawn back. |
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JC10687. Closer view. |
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JC10568. Azurite.
Moldova
Nouă Mine , Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo ore field, Caraş-Severin, Romania.
2.5 x 7 cm 34g. $50.00 From this somewhat
obscure mine in Romania, bladed, dark blue crystals on a dark, charcoal gray
matrix with little bits of malachite.
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JC10549. Azurite. Puit IX,
Zelidja mine, Touissit dist., Oujda-Angad prov., Oriental region, Morocco.
4.5 x 7.5 cm 263g. $325.00. From the mid 1990's
finds at Touissit. Brilliant, dark blue crystals, very pretty.
This big find produced some of the best azurites from Touissit.
Not many for sale these days of this quality. Discounted to $300.00 |
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JC10549. Close up. |
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JC10549. Back side of specimen. |
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JC10394. Azurite, malachite.
Milpillas mine, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 4 x 5 cm
47g. $200.00. Classic miniature of brilliant blue crystals. |
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JC10394. Another view. |
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JC10394. Another view. |
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JC10396. Azurite.
Milpillas mine, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 4 x 4.7 cm
39g. $200.00. Nice miniature of brilliant blue crystals. |
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JC10396. Another view. |
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JC10396. Another view. |
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JC10185. Azurite, malachite pseudo
azurite. Milpillas mine, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico.
6 x 8 x 9.3 cm. 569g. $750.00. A fine example of Milpillas
azurite/malachite. Several of the crystals are partially to completely
altered to malachite as pseudos after the azurite. The larger crystal
on the upper right is 5 cm in width, nice size for this locality.
Luster is quite bright. Good specimen. |
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JC10185. Closer view of the upper
right area with the 5 cm crystal. |
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JC10185. Close up view of the larger
crystal, which is partially altered to malachite while still having azurite
visible. |
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JC10185. Another view. |
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JC10185. Close up view of the larger
crystal, which is partially altered to malachite while still having azurite
visible. It is on the extreme left side in this photo. |
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JC10185. Another view. |
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JC10185. Close up view |
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JC10185. Close up view of the 5 cm
crystal, which is partially altered to malachite. |
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JC10021. Azurite. Kamariza,
Laurion District Mines, Attika Prefecture, Greece 3 x 3 cm
13g. $30.00. Pretty little small miniature from the
relatively recent finds in the Lavrion district. |
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JC9921. Azurite.
Christiana mine, Kamariza mines, Agio Konstantinos, Lavrion district mines,
Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece.5 x 7 cm 79g.
$45.00. Most of the azurite from the Christiana mine are small groups
of brilliant blue crystals. this is the 1st one I have run across with
larger, coarse crystals. Unusual for the locality. |
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JC9921. Another view. |
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JC9921. Another view. |
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JC9758. Azurite, malachite. Milpillas
mine, Cuitaca, Municipio de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. 4 x 6.5 cm
60g. $365.00. A two centimeter main crystal with satellite
crystals attached. The back of the main crystals, not visible in
this photo, were in contact with the pocket walls, so parts of the crystals
are a bit flat. These are the brilliant crystals with an almost
Schiller like luster, where the original crystals were partly replaced by
malachite and then a thin layer of azurite crystallized on the malachite,
giving this incredible luster the Milpillas azurites are famous for.
The visible malachite is for the most part the thin layer of malachite that
in the top half of the specimen is now azurite. |
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JC9758. Another view. |
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JC9758. Back side of the specimen. |
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JC9574. Azurite, malachite,
tenorite. Blue Jay Mine, Big Eightmile creek, Leadore District,
Lemhi County, Idaho. 6 x 9 cm 143g $30.00
I collected these in August 2018. A thin layer of
microcrystalline azurite on an altered granite matrix. |
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JC9574. Right side showing the
zincian malachite, light green, and black tenorite. |
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JC9575. Azurite, malachite.
Blue Jay Mine, Big Eightmile creek, Leadore District, Lemhi County,
Idaho. 7 x 10.5 cm 322g $30.00. Sawn base.
I collected these in August 2018. A thin layer of
microcrystalline azurite on an altered granite matrix. Some zincian
malachite in the upper right. Malachite is light green from the
zinc content. |
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JC9575. A closer view. |
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JC9576. Azurite, tenorite.
Blue Jay Mine, Big Eightmile creek, Leadore District, Lemhi County, Idaho.
6 x 9 cm 193g $30.00. I collected these in August 2018.
A thin layer of microcrystalline azurite on an altered granite matrix |
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JC9576. Close up view of the
micro crystalline azurite. |
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JC9577. Azurite, malachite.
Blue Jay Mine, Big Eightmile creek, Leadore District, Lemhi County, Idaho.
5 x 7 cm 122g $25.00. I collected these in
August 2018. A thin layer of microcrystalline
azurite on an altered granite matrix |
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JC9541. Azurite, tenorite.
Blue Jay mine, Big Eightmile creek, Leadore district, Lemhi county, Idaho.
3.5 x 9.5 cm 96g. $35.00. Sawn back. Sparkly
azurite is dark blue...a little darker than in the photo.
From a small
breccia pipe in altered granitic rock. The granite in the breccia pipe
is highly fractured and the breccia fragments are variously coated with
mostly azurite, varying amounts of tenorite, and small amounts of light
green zinc rich malachite. Nearly all the specimens have some amount
of contact marks due to the tight nature of the breccia fragments cemented
in the pipe. The original find I found in 2002 had more malachite on
the specimens and much lesser tenorite. |
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JC9488. Azurite,
malachite. Liufengshan mine, Chichi county, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui
province, China. 7 x 13 cm 489g. $350.00. Not
often seen are specimens from here with larger crystals. Most
specimens are small druses of crystals. This nice piece has 1 cm
crystals in a shallow vug with botryoidal malachite. Crystals have
bright luster and display nicely. There are several broken
crystals, mostly on the left side of the specimen. |
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JC9488. Another view. |
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JC9488. Left side of specimen. |
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JC9454. Azurite, malachite.
Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Savannakhet province, Laos.
7 x 8.5 cm 171g $385.00. Dark blue rosette style crystals on
botryoidal malachite. Bright luster. No obvious damage. |
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JC9454. Close up.
Crystals are a little darker blue than the photo indicates, with brilliant
luster. |
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JC9444. Azurite, malachite.
M'Ssici, Alnif county, Tinghir province, Draa-Taflilalet region, Morocco.
3 x 6 cm 33g. $29.00. A cute and typical specimen
from this nifty locality. |
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JC9371. Azurite, malachite.
Sidi Ayed, Boulemane province, Fes-Meknes region, Morocco. 7.5 x
13 cm 548g. $60.00 Deep blue drusy crystals in a
vuggy matrix; there is a dark amorphous looking mineral coating some
of the azurite, particularly on the back side. There are bits of
massive quartz caught up in the azurite and show as white spots in the
photos. The malachite is less obvious in person than the photos would
indicate...little darker green. Sparkly azurite, colorful. |
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JC9371. Back side. |
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JC9358. Azurite,
malachite. Liufengshan mine, Chichi county, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui
province, China. 7 x 9.5 cm 315g. $110.00.
Vug of somewhat larger than average, mostly bladed, drusy crystals.
Quite a lot of Chinese azurite from this location at Tucson 2018.
Literally tons of specimens, 99% of poor quality. This is one of a
couple I thought were a bit better than average. Nice blue
color, although the crystals are satiny in luster rather than glassy. |
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JC9358. Another view. |
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JC9339. Azurite, malachite.
Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui province,
China. 11 x 18 cm >1000g (2.6 Lbs). $700.00
A large cabinet specimen from the Liufengshan mine, with larger crystals.
Rarely does this mine produce crystals over a few mm in size; these are up
to 7mm or so, and average about 5mm. There is very little damage
to the main crystal exposures. There is one area on the very top of
the specimen where it probably contacted the side of the vug/pocket it
resided in that has damage This can be seen on the very top,
slightly right of center, on the photo below this one. There a few areas of
botryoidal malachite, some of it slightly iron stained, as can be seen.
A very nice piece with good sized crystals for the location. A large cabinet
specimen from my collection. |
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JC9339. Closer view of the
central area. |
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JC9333. Azurite. Liufengshan
mine, Chichi county, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui province, China. 6
x 6.5 cm 143g. $40.00. Bright blue sparkly drusy
crystals. |
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JC9333. Another view. |
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JC9330. Azurite, malachite. Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Savannakhet
province, Laos. 7.5 x 8.5 cm 266g. $150.00. A
bit of damage on the right side as seen in the photos. Brilliant
dark blue azurite makes for a pretty specimen. |
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JC9330. Closer view. |
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JC9330. Another view showing where the
damage is on the lower right in this photo. |
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JC9295. Azurite.
Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Municipio de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. 5 x
6 cm 86g. $100.00. Small cabinet specimen of brilliant
blue crystals. The sort of gravelly looking area in the center is
where a piece of the breccia in the pocket left its mark. The breccia
piece is now gone, leaving the flat area where the crystal grew against it.
RESERVED |
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JC9295. Another view.
Slightly different angle |
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JC9295. Another view.
Slightly different angle |
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JC9295. Another view.
Slightly different angle |
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JC9295. Close up of top crystals. |
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JC9295. Close up |
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JC9295. Close up |
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JC9289. Azurite, malachite. Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Savannakhet
province, Laos. 4 x 7 cm 93g.
$100.00. Brilliant, drusy azurite coating botryoidal malachite.
Hard to tell in the photo, but this is a nice little vug containing the
crystals of azurite. Pretty. |
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JC9094. Azurite. Bou
Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, L'oriental region,
Morocco. . 7 x 7 cm 223g. $50.00 Large, dark
blue crystals on black matrix. |
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JC9049. Azurite, malachite
pseudo after azurite, malachite. Khanong open pit, Sepon mine,
Viraboury district, Savannakhet province, Laos.
8 x 11.5 cm 608g. $425.00.
A vug in the matrix is filled with brilliant, bladed azurite crystals, with
many in the central part of the vug pseudomorphed to malachite. Color
and luster are excellent, with no damage. From the early finds; no decent
specimens are coming out from this locality these days. This one
was added to the collection in 2016. Crowley collection #
JAC1756 |
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JC9049. Close up of left
side of vug. |
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JC9049. Closer view. |
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JC9049. Close up of right side of
vug. |
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JC9049. closer view yet. |
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JC9046.
Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Chichi county, Chizhou
prefecture, Anhui province, China. 4.6 x 8 cm 184g.
$78.00 Brilliant blue crystals coating matrix. Sparkly. |
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JC9046. Another view. |
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JC9045. Azurite,
malachite. Liufengshan mine, Chichi county, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui
province, China. 4.2 x 7 cm 197g. $130.00.
Somewhat larger crystals, brilliant blue with great luster. This one
reminded me of the Sepon mine azurites, but is definitely Liufengshan mine. |
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JC9045. Another view. |
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JC9044. Azurite,
malachite. Liufengshan mine, Chichi county, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui
province, China. 6 x 7 cm 254g. $145.00.
Somewhat larger crystals on malachite. The malachite, in places, looks
like it may have replaced earlier azurite...hard to tell though. |
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JC9044. Another view. |
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JC9044. Another view. |
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JC9012. Azurite, quartz.
Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Sierra Rica, Chihuahua. 6 x 9 cm 86g
$300.00. A really fine azurite from this somewhat lesser known
locality. This one is far better than most seen for sale out there.
It has been in several collections, with the previous owners listed here,
and the price they had on it at the time. Ex Crowley collection #1755.
I acquired this one in October, 2016.
Ex Stoudt Coll. Purchase price $500 #444
Ex Peter Megaw $400
Ex Evan Jones
Ex Irv Michelson coll. |
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JC9012. Closer view. |
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JC7094. Azurite, Morenci mine,
Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona. 10 x 13 cm 658g.
$125.00 Sparkly, bright blue small crystals heavily coating the
front face. Pretty. Better in person. Purchased in
2013. |
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JC7094. Slightly tilted back view. |
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JC7094. Closer view middle right
area. |
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JC7032. Azurite.
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 4.5 x
6.5 cm 152g $45.00. Brilliant dark blue crystals in a shallow
vug. Collected in 2013. |
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JC7032. Another view. |
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JC7032. Close up. |
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JC4720. Azurite, malachite, dolomite.
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region,
Morocco. 2.5 x 5.3 cm 29g. $50.00 Undamaged doubly
terminated 3 cm crystal, dark blue, with minor replacement by malachite.
Bright luster. Photos of front and back of crystal. |
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JC4720. Close up of above photo. |
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JC4720. Back side, slightly
turned. |
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JC4720. Back side. |
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JC4720. Turned slightly to show
termination. |
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JC4720. Turned a bit more to show
termination. |
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JC4273. Azurite.
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 5.5 x
8.5 cm 154g. $50.00. Drusy crystal to 3mm in a vug, which has an
obvious hole in it where it was trimmed up. Crystals are as
seen, dark blue and sparkly. Older piece collected in
2008. Kind of a neat piece. |
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JC4273. Another view. |
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JC3718. Azurite, malachite.
Liufengshan mine, Chichi county, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui province, China
4.5 x 5 cm 181g. $50.00 Blocky, lustrous crystals to 6 mm or
so. One of the early ones from 2006. |
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JC3718. Close up view. |
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JC3712. Azurite, malachite.
Liufengshan mine, Chichi county, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui province, China.
10.5 x 11 x 6 cm 1,042g $90.00 A thick piece of
botryoids covered with bladed to slightly more blocky crystals. Good
luster, with small crystals on the left side, grading to larger crystals on
the right center, as can be seen in the photos. Better
in person. Collected in 2006. |
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JC3712. Slightly different angle. |
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JC3712. Closer view. |
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JC3466. Azurite.
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 5 x 7.5
cm 217g. $50.00 Bright royal blue crystals lining a
vug in malachite. Older piece from 2006. Pretty and
esthetic |
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JC3466. Another view. |
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JC3466. Close up view. |
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JC3468. Azurite. Liufengshan
Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 6.3 x 7.6 cm
258g. $70.00 SOLD |
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JC3456. Azurite, malachite.
Liufengshan mine, Lishan, Chizhou, Anhui province, China . 7.6 cm
x 9.5 cm 341g $65.00. A vug in the matrix is partly filled
with brilliant royal blue azurite crystals. |
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JC3456. Slightly different angle. |
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JC3456. Another view. |
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JC3456. Another view. |
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JC3456. Closer view. |
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JC3456. Closer view. |