
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood

Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood


Specimen Title
Azurite (w. malachite alteration)
Associated Minerals
malachite
Principal Mineral
Size
Cabinet; 97mm
Location in the Mine
First oxidation zone
Provenance
Von Karabacek, H.
Collection
MGMH; 93544
Entry Number
Specimen; TSNB702
Description
A single crystal of azurite (58 mm) on a shard of iron-stained country rock. The azurite crystal has localised and concentrically zoned malachite alteration.
The specimen was number 1823 in the collection of Austrian industrialist Hans von Karabacek, part of which was purchased by Harvard University in 1935. This dates the specimen unequivocally to the first oxidation zone.