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Description: Malachite, Quartz, Chrysocolla Locality: Bagdad Mine (Bagdad Copper Corp. Mine; Cyprus Bagdad Copper County Mine), Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA (Locality at mindat.org) Gorgeous specimen of this assemblage which is classic for the locality, though very rare on the market since they were mined some time ago and few came out. This one features an ISOLATED rosette of primary malachite xls to 7mm in size. The cluster itself is just over 1 cm. The overall aesthetics are striking an the lustre on the malachite is BETTER in person and this is a competition-level thumbnail! 2.8 x 2.5 x 0.9 cm
Title: Malachite-Quartz-Chrysocolla-22818
Credit: http://www.mindat.org/photo-22818.html
Author: Rob Lavinsky / iRocks.com
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