Azurite, Malachite, Olivenite
Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
8.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm. A showy and excellent combination from this famous, long extinct mining district. The sculptural larger vug hosts tiny, scintillating, gemmy "electric-blue" azurite crystals, complementary malachite botryoids and olive-green olivenite crystals. A 9 mm spray of lustrous, navy-blue azurite blades on a carpet of spherical ...
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