Malachite replacing Azurite
specimen number:
3821002
location:
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
description:
A cluster of bladed crystals of what were once azurite been replaced by green malachite over a thin matrix. Some chipping is present, this still quite attractive.
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