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Malachite after Azurite
- Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona
- Small Cabinet, 6.9 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
- Start Time: 01/20/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 01/27/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
An unusual specimen that looks like it once was a large, fat azurite crystal, which became hollowed out and then replaced over time with beautiful, fibrous malachite in the cavity. It could just be a natural cavity with some odd, straight-edge contacts that constrained its growth and makes the sides look as if they were crystal faces, though. Unusual Morenci material, in any case!