Azurite

specimen number:
2341312

location:
Bou Skour Mine, Agdz Cercle, Zagora, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco

description:

A beautiful cluster of bright lustrous blue bladed azurite crystals, the largest 1.2 cm across and standing up from matrix. This is crystallized all around with little attached matrix on the bottom side. In very good condition. The color and luster are very nice. The specimen comes with a previous label from the collection of Jan Erik Larsen.

Located in the Anti-Atlas mountain region of southern Morocco, the historic Bou Skour mining district features a massive vein system hosted within Precambrian volcanic and sedimentary rocks. Mining activity dates back centuries to early indigenous workings, but modern industrial exploitation began in the early twentieth century, focusing primarily on high-grade copper vein deposits enriched with secondary copper minerals, quartz, and hematite. Mineral collectors worldwide prize Bou Skour for producing outstanding micro-to-cabinet-sized specimens, most notably lustrous, well-crystallized bornite, chalcopyrite, and azurite, as well as exceptionally well-formed quartz crystals and rare secondary species. Active underground and surface operations over the decades have consistently yielded superb mineralogical specimens that remain prominent in public and private collections.

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