Azurite (w. chalcocite, malachite and cuprite, in feldspathic sandstone); ore specimen.

TSNB855
Specimen
Bruce, I.Kesler CollectionSchneiderhöhn, H.
Exhibit 1. Azurite (w. chalcocite, malachite and cuprite, in feldspathic sandstone); ore specimen. 120 mm.
Exhibit 1. Azurite (w. chalcocite, malachite and cuprite, in feldspathic sandstone); ore specimen. 120 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Exhibit 2. Azurite (w. chalcocite, malachite and cuprite, in feldspathic sandstone); ore specimen. 120 mm.
Exhibit 2. Azurite (w. chalcocite, malachite and cuprite, in feldspathic sandstone); ore specimen. 120 mm.
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Exhibit 3. Specimen label (Schneiderhöhn).
Exhibit 3. Specimen label (Schneiderhöhn).
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
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Specimen Title

Azurite (w. chalcocite, malachite and cuprite, in feldspathic sandstone); ore specimen.

Associated Minerals

albite (?); cerussite; chalcocite (?); cuprite; goethite; malachite; microcline (?); quartz

Principal Mineral

Azurite

Size

Cabinet; 120mm

Location in the Mine

First oxidation zone; Open Pit; East; second mining level

Provenance

Schneiderhöhn, H.; Kesler Collection; Bruce, I.

Collection

Southwood, M.; MS2025.061

Collected by

Hans Schneiderhöhn; 1914-1919

Entry Number

Specimen; TSNB855

Description

A specimen of feldspathic sandstone, richly but heterogeneously impregnated with azurite, malachite, minor cerussite and chalcocite (?).


The specimen was collected by OMEG geologist/mineralogist Hans Schneiderhöhn between 1914 and 1919 and is accompanied by his handwritten label (Exhibit 3) which reads: "Tagebau Ost, II. Abbausohle. „Aplit" sehr stark vererzt mit Kupferlasur, Malachit und Cerussit." [= Open Pit East, second mining level. ‘Aplite‘ very strongly mineralised with azurite, malachite and cerussite.] (Ernst Schnaitmann translation, November 2025.)