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Description: Azurite, Malachite Locality: Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima County, Arizona, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 6.6 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm. A very bright blue azurite, in the form of sparkling drusy crystals, on malachite matrix. A fine locality specimen from Helvetia, and they are not common; though admittedly not very significant if it was from other locales. From the well-known Tucson collection of 40-year collector, Harold Urish.
Title: Azurite-Malachite-284762
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