Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Specimen Title
Azurite
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 135mm
Location in the Mine
First oxidation zone
Provenance
Von Karabacek, H.
Collection
MGMH; 93538
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB700
Description
Slender blade-shaped crystals of azurite (to 35 mm), free-standing and randomly oriented on a matrix of extensively oxidised sulphide ore.
The specimen was number 1835 in the collection of Austrian industrialist Hans von Karabacek, part of who’s collection was purchased by Harvard University in 1935 which dates the specimen unequivocally to the first oxidation zone.
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