azurite (on dolomite)

TSNB678
Specimen
Palache, C.
Exhibit 1. Azurite (on dolomite); 95 mm.
Exhibit 1. Azurite (on dolomite); 95 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Exhibit 2. 35 mm field of view.
Exhibit 2. 35 mm field of view.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
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Specimen Title

azurite (on dolomite)

Associated Minerals

dolomite

Principal Mineral

Azurite

Size

Cabinet; 95mm

Location in the Mine

First oxidation zone

Provenance

Palache, C.

Collection

MGMH; 87479

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB678

Description

Intensely blue and highly translucent prismatic crystals of azurite (to 4 mm) on a crust of dolomite stained orange-brown by iron oxides.


The specimen is from the collection purchased by Charles Palache during his visit to Tsumeb in April 1922, which dates it to the upper part of the first oxidation zone (i.e. 8 Level or above).