Azurite, Malachite

Locality: Czar Mine (Czar Shaft), Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Malachite Fan with Azurite Rosettes. 8 cm by 9 cm.
This specimen was in the collection of Richard Pearl famous mineralogist.
I got this piece in trade from Ward's in 1970 for about 6 flats of minerals.
Joseph Polityka Collection. Ex. Richard Pearl, Wards of Rochester, New York. If I remember correctly Van King and Charlie Ray were working at Ward's at the time. The pride and joy of my collection.

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Photo added: 5th Jan 2008

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