AZURITE and MALACHITE from Hubei province, China -- This is a beautiful specimen of azurite and malachite. Please note: the green malachite is greener than what shows in the photograph. There are two pockets of deep blue azurite crystals, one pocket very large at 3/4" x 1/2" and the other pocket 1/2" x 1/4". There is also fibrous azurite interspersed with the malachite. On the top to the right are more azurite crystals, although flat, they are shiny. The underside is rough and somewhat pitty, as though this were part of a geode. It weighs 2.7 ounces and measures approximately 2.25x1.5x.75".
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Malachite from The Congo -- This is a very unusually shaped piece. It's just a mass of deep green, shiny bubbly malachite with very little matrix. It measures 1.75 x 1.5 x .5" and weighs .6 ounces.
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Quartz, Tetrahedrite, Rhodochrosite from Peru -- Lots and lots of nicely formed quartz crystals interspersed with frosting pink rhodocrosite, pyrite, and very bright metallic tetrahedrite crystals. Lovely piece. Weighs 4.4 ounces and measures 3.25 x 2 x 1".
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Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Quartz from Peru -- Many nicely formed rose-pink crystals of rhodochrosite and pyrite cubes on a quartz matrix. Piece weighs 2.7 ounces and measures 2.5 x 1 x 1.25". A very nice piece.
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AZURITE from Hubei province, China -- Bright blue. Inside the deep groove around the right of center the crystals are deeper, darker blue. The whole piece is reflective. Weighs 3.3 ounces and measures approximately 2.25x1.75x1".
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Cinnabar from Szechuan province, China -- Large, 1/4" crystal on white quartz matrix. Weighs 4.1 ounces and measures 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/4".
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Azurite, Malachite from Hubei province, China Large specimen measuring 3 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/2". Large pocket of nice crystals over an inch across and at least 1/2" deep and a smaller pocket of azurite crystals towards the back on the left. A narrow strip about 1/4" wide by 1 1/2" long of fibrous malachite runs across the top over the large pocket of azurite crystals. Four instances of fibrous malachite on the back side. Very nice piece - weighs 7.2 ounces.
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Orpiment from the Gold Bar Mine in Eureka County, Nevada -- Very nice piece, golden yellow, with a few flecks of realgar. Measures 2.75 x 1.75 x 1.5" and weighs 4.9 ounces.
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CINNABAR from Szechuan province, China -- Cinnabar crystals on bed of white quartz. Cinnabar a lovely maroon with metallic blue sheen. Largest crystal 1/4" long with smaller crystals within a 1" area around the larger. Piece weighs 5.5 ounces and measures 2 3/4 x 2 x 1 3/4".
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Malachite, Chrysocolla from The Congo -- This piece can be displayed from both sides; even the bottom is displayable. Malachite color is a rich, deep, green, the surface of which is very bubbly and very shiny. the chrysocolla, as you can see in the picture, is lovely, and edged with a narrow band of gray-green malachite. It measures 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/4" and weighs 2.6 ounces.
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Hemimorphite from China Superb Ice Blue specimen, measures 3 x 2 x 1.75" and weighs 6.5 ounces. Gorgeous.
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Vanadinite from Mibladen, Morocco -- Good sized specimen of vanadinite crystals - crystals are nicely formed and they are very shiny - the piece measures 3 x 1.75 x .75" and weighs 4 ounces.
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