Azurite (polished nodule pair)

Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
Small Cabinet, 7.4 x 6.5 x 1.7 (largest of 2)
Start Time: 06/21/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/28/2018 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

The rather bland exterior of these sliced azurite nodules gives no hint of the internal beauty! Alternating bands of royal-blue and navy-blue azurite highlight this striking, colorful and dramatic sliced and polished pair of azurite nodules from this now well-known mine, which produced some of the world's finest cuprite and copper specimens. Not a matched pair, but of similar size. The impressive and dramatically different growth fractures accentuate the sculptural interiors.

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