Gorgeous Azurite from Bisbee, Arizona
This azurite specimen from Bisbee, Arizona, is truly breathtaking! Its vivid electric-blue hues and intricate layered patterns make it a standout piece, especially for carving or display.
Key Features of This Azurite:
- Color: "Almost electric" azure-blue, with possible banding or swirls of lighter and darker shades.
- Formation: Likely botryoidal (globular) or layered, showing sedimentary banding from mineral-rich fluid deposition.
- Carving Quality: High-grade material—dense, richly colored, and structurally sound—ideal for lapidary work.
- Lustre: Vitreous (glassy), enhancing its deep blue brilliance.
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Bisbee, Arizona:
Locality: Bisbee was one of the richest copper districts in the world, producing stunning secondary minerals like azurite and malachite.
Formation: Azurite forms in oxidized zones of copper deposits, where carbonated water reacts with primary copper minerals (e.g., chalcopyrite).
Associated Minerals: Often found with malachite (green), cuprite (red), and native copper
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