"Electric-blue" Azurite w/ Malachite ex Rukin Jelks Coll.

Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
Small Cabinet, 7.5 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm
Start Time: 11/03/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 11/08/2012 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Scintillating, sharp, midnight-blue, azurite blades with gorgeous "electric-blue" gemminess richly line sculptural vugs and are beautifully accented with fans of chatoyant malachite blades on the very sturdy mounded matrix on this excellent and classic old-timer from the famous mines at Bisbee. Probably from the renowned Czar Shaft. There is a nifty, 2.1 cm, chatoyant malachite radial spray on the bottom, along with an old number 189. Ex Rukin Jelks Bisbee Collection # 138. Valued at $900.

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