A stunning azurite ‘rose’ floater from Russia. Azurite is typically found as tabular to prismatic crystals of a deep “azure blue” color with splendent vitreous faces. There are over 45 well-known forms, and over 100 forms have been described. Azurite is often pseudomorphed to Malachite, and the two are very frequently found together. Azurite may be confused with (the very rare) Mrázekite.
Location : Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia. Size: 1,7cm x 1,7cm – floater.
Credit: Mindat.org & Quebul Fine – Minerals