Pristine Azurite Crystal Cluster in Matrix - Morocco

This specimen contains several pristine azurite crystals clustered within a pocket of the matrix. The opposite side of the matrix contains a large pocket that's filled with an aggregation of druzy quartz.

The rock has a natural aesthetic presentation that doesn't require a stand.

Azurite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral best known for its beautiful and vibrant blue appearance. Azurite typically forms in nodular formations with other colorful, copper-rich minerals. It is a secondary mineral that precipitated in pores, crevices, and caverns from water with high concentrations of carbon dioxide.

Azurite and malachite are known to form in union with each other since their chemical makeup is very similar. In fact, the presence of more or less water in the location of formation is enough to determine whether an abundance of malachite over azurite, or vise-versa, will accumulate.
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SPECIES
Azurite & Quartz
LOCATION
Morocco
SIZE
Rock 2.8x2"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#90339