Malachite replacing Azurite
specimen number:
3821076
location:
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
description:
Bladed crystals of what were once azurite to 2.0 cm in size now replaced by green malachite and set on a matrix of crystallized malachite and azurite. Crystallized naturally all around with some breccia matrix on the bottom, this in very good condition.
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