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B288 - Azurite on Dickite $ 350 Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() A 1.7cm wide Azurite crystal perched atop Dickite coated matrix. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. Undamaged.
B289 - Azurite, Malachite on Dickite $ 1200 Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 5 x 3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Azurite crystals too 1.6cm with green Malachite on a Dickite coated matrix. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. A small chip on one crystal otherwise undamaged.
B290 - Azurite, Malachite $ 750 Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 3.1 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Wide single Azurite crystals with other smaller crystals and a sphere of green Malachite. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. Undamaged.
B291 - Azurite, Malachite on Dickite $ 750 Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Azurite crystals too 1.5cm with green Malachite on a Dickite coated matrix. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. Undamaged.
B294 - Azurite, Malachite on Dickite $ 400 Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Azurite crystals too 1.6cm with green Malachite on a Dickite coated matrix. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. A chip to one crystal otherwise undamaged.
B295 - Azurite, Malachite on Dickite Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 4 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() Azurite crystals too 1.3cm with green Malachite on a Dickite coated matrix. There is also a metallic mineral near the base. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. Damage to one crystal, otherwise undamaged.
B296 - Azurite, Malachite on Dickite $ 350 Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Azurite crystals too 1.7cm with green Malachite on a Dickite coated matrix. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. Undamaged.
B298 - Volborthite $ 400 Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 1.8 x 1.2 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() Volborthite crystals in a 0.7cm group on a Quartz matrix. This specimen is unusual for the pocket (only one of a few I saw) in that it has glassy, lustrous crystals with transparency. This pocket has produced the world's finest Volborthite by a huge margin and while this one is not the largest, it is of excellent quality. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. Undamaged.
B302 - Azurite, Malachite $ 200 Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm ![]() ![]() Wide single Azurite crystal with attached Malachite. One photo backlit to show color. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. Slight chipping otherwise undamaged.
B303 - Azurite, Malachite $ 250 Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() Azurite crystal group with attached Malachite. One photo backlit to show color. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. One very small chip found using a loupe, otherwise undamaged.
B304 - Azurite, Malachite Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.4 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() Azurite crystal grouping with attached Malachite. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. A couple chips, otherwise undamaged.
B305 - Azurite, Malachite $ 300 Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.6 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Azurite crystal grouping with attached Malachite. Beautiful front and back with just a tiny area of contact on bottom where it attached to the matrix. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. One very small chip found using a loupe, otherwise undamaged.
B306 - Azurite Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Azurite crystal grouping, beautiful front and back with just a tiny area of contact on bottom where it attached to the matrix. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. Undamaged.
B308 - Azurite $ 120 Volborthite Pocket, Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() Azurite crystal grouping with crystals to 1.6cm. The Azurite has a waxy to satiny luster and is brilliantly translucent when backlit. From a single pocket opened in April 2015 that produced a limited number of specimens. Undamaged.
B311 - Dioptase $ 2400 Tsumeb, Namibia small cabinet - 7.0 x 3.7 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large single Dioptase, 1.5cm long, on a matrix covered by smaller Dioptase crystals. An exquisite specimen from the Georg Gebhard collection.
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