Collector's Piece: Azurite with Chrysocolla from Liufengshan Mine, Anhu, China
Dimension: 5.5cm x 3.9cm x 2cm
Weight: 42g
Locality: Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
Mesmerizing Azurite specimen with Chrysocolla and Malachite from the Liufengshan Mine, Anhui, China. This masterpiece exhibits a rare and eye-catching, slightly stalatic Chrysocolla showing beautiful layers of color - sky blue, yellow and pastel green. The deep royal blue, gemmy, highly crystalized Azurite almost covered the entire surface of the display side, it sparkles like stars in the sky, magnificent!
Liufengshan Mine is well-known for two types of Azurite – extremely crystallized Azurite of which the crystals are usually of a larger size and are thicker; Azurite with Chrysocolla and Malachite pseudomorph which shows a dazzling range of colors and a significantly bright blue Azurite.