Gem Azurite with Malachite (1950s - Saller Coll.)

Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Cabinet, 10.4 x 7.0 x 3.0 cm
Start Time: 10/01/2009 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/08/2009 6:55:09 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Famous old gem azurites! A very aesthetic and showy CABINET specimen festooned with remarkably gemmy and lustrous, azure-blue azurite crystals with electric-blue highlights and complimented with green malachite on a sculptural, gossan matrix from Concepcion del Oro, Mexico. The largest azurite is 9 mm. These are perhaps the gemmiest azurites in the world, rivaling the best from Tsumeb or Morocco. Specimens of this quality mostly came out the 1950s, so this is old-time, showy material. A super BONUS, there are more azurites on the back! Ex Saller Collection of Germany. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON!!

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