Barite with Plancheite, Malachite after Azurite (1860)
specimen number:
8811500
location:
Milpillas mine, Sonora, Mexico
description:
Choice combination piece for this Mexican locality, lustrous white bladed crystals of barite to 2.5 cm in size on matrix with blue crystallized plancheite and crystals of what were once azurite measuring to 2.0 cm in size, these now replaced by green malachite. All are in great condition. This is crystallized all around, even on the bottom.
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