azurite

TSNB433
Specimen
Exhibit 1. Azurite; 60 mm.
Exhibit 1. Azurite; 60 mm.
Image Credit: Mariusz Oleszczuk

Specimen Title

azurite

Associated Minerals

dolomite; quartz

Principal Mineral

Azurite

Size

Cabinet; 60mm

Provenance

(not assigned)

Collection

Oleszczuk, M.; AZR56

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB433

Description

A sheaf of bent, blade-like crystals of electric-blue azurite, apparently formed beween two plates of matrix material consisting of dolomite and quartz (XRD confirmed). Parts of the azurite crystals have a bright, sub-adamantine lustre, but elsewhere the primary crystal surfaces have been overgrown with minute secondary azurite crystals resulting in a moss-like texture with an earthy lustre.

The location in the mine from which the specimen originates is not known.