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Malachite-Azurite after Aragonite - Sold
- La Sal
- San Juan County
- Utah
- U.S.A.
- 2.5 by 2.0 by 0.9 cm – Thumbnail specimen (fits into a 2.5 cm cube)
Azurite and malachite are well known copper minerals. This specimen is quite unusual in that a combination of malachite and azurite has replaced a pseudohexagonal aragonite crystal. These specimens are quite rare and date to the 1970s.
