Azurite (''suns'')

Item Description

Azurite is a beloved secondary copper carbonate mineral species, found in a wide range of styles/habits around the world. One of the most distinctive and easily recognizable forms of Azurite are the beautiful "suns" from the Malbunka Copper Mine in Australia. These attractive and usual specimens are well known for their interesting shape, which is unlike almost anything you'll find in Azurite fro any other locality. This piece is features a few semi-layered, rich blue colored, highly compressed "rosettes" of Azurite (referred to as "suns") measuring up to 3.1 cm across, sitting on typical kaolinized siltstone matrix. The Azurite suns form between layers of Kaolinite, and were forced to grow in a laterally compressed, radiating manner. They have to be expertly separated to reveal the treasures inside, and keep them on the matrix. Good quality and very attractive, and there's even a little bit of minty green Malachite flaring out of one edge of the piece, which is not commonly seen in this material.