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Azurite from
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Azurite
Formula:Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Malachite844 photos of Azurite associated with Malachite at this locality.
Chalcoalumite64 photos of Azurite associated with Chalcoalumite at this locality.
Cuprite56 photos of Azurite associated with Cuprite at this locality.
Chrysocolla37 photos of Azurite associated with Chrysocolla at this locality.
Limonite29 photos of Azurite associated with Limonite at this locality.
Hematite24 photos of Azurite associated with Hematite at this locality.
Goethite23 photos of Azurite associated with Goethite at this locality.
Copper15 photos of Azurite associated with Copper at this locality.
Lepidocrocite14 photos of Azurite associated with Lepidocrocite at this locality.
Calcite12 photos of Azurite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Azurite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (299 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1467
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1467:0
GUID (UUID V4):d57fd58d-6a69-4532-b079-6c99b53128cc
Localities for Azurite in this Region
Junction Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims (Calumet and Arizona Mining Company group of claims), Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Campbell Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Irish claim, Escabrosa Ridge, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Southwest Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Juniper Flats, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Unnamed prospects, Juniper Flats, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Czar Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Azurite
2.3km (1.4 miles) Unnamed prospects, Juniper Flats, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Southwest Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Czar Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Juniper Flats, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.6 miles) Holbrook Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
References
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Nebraska, Lincoln] at 07:52 28 December 2014 Arizona Mineral Classics A rizona contains a wealth of...see copper minerals well represented among the Arizona classics listed in tables 1, 2, and 3. Bideaux...listed 163 different copper minerals found in Arizona. Sixty-one percent of the classic minerals listed...advanced degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and collected personally at many of the classic...his previous article (Rocks & Minerals 1981) on Arizona minerals. 18 ROCKS & MINERALS Downloaded by
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RECORD, MAY-JUNE 2013 Mineral Collections in Arizona A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record May-June...Mineralogical Record, Inc. P.O. Box 30730, Tucson, Arizona 85751 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...Barite 5.1 cm, from the Rowley mine, Maricopa County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...Renaissance-style Depot in Tucson Courtesy of the Arizona Historical Society This special supplement was...May-June 2013 Contents Mineral Collecting in Arizona .. ..... ..... ..... ..... ... ..... .........
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu © 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
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SOCIETY VOLUME 76, NO. 5 ISSN 2572-7486 OF ARIZONA MAY 2017 The Rockhound Record, Volume 76, No...Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA; Evan Jones Collection, © Jeff Scovil. ”Official MSA/Arizona Campaign Wulfenite”...22, 2017, Wulfenite became Official Mineral of Arizona, so May, we celebrate Wulfenite with a program...MSA Mineral Collection 8 Official Arizona Symbols 9 Arizona Mineral Collector 10 Mystery Mineral...“Wulfenite in Arizona.” The program is based on molybdenum research Jan did while at the Arizona Geological
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of the rainbow! This rainbow ends over Tiger, Arizona, a mining camp for gold and other metals. Downloaded...(below). Arizona sweethearts (heart pendants) to 28 mm. Top: “Gem chrysocolla” from Arizona. Bottom:...“Campbellite” from Bisbee, Cochise County. Left: Malachite from Bisbee, Cochise County. Right: Turquoise...Beauty mine, Gila County. Figure 3 (top right). Collecting at the Rowley mine, Maricopa County. Though best...showing some of the Arizona gemstone localities, prepared by William Besse. Arizona Gemstones Wolfgang
Report (issue)
No. 1 Arizona State Bureau of Mines Bulletin CHARLES F. WILLIS, Director Directory of Arizona Minerals...THE University of Arizona TUCSON, ARIZONA 1915-16 DIRECTORY (Compiled OF ARIZONA MINERALS from...Tombstone district, Cochise County; Gila County, at Lost Gulch Mine, near Globe; Mohave County, in Mineral Park;;...Pima County, in Mammouth Mine, Schulty; Yavapai County, in ores of Bradshaw Mountains; Yuma County, in...and Stibnite. ARGENTITE (silver glance). Mohave County, in pre-Cambrian granite gneiss in Chloride, Mineral
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January–February, 2020 Mineral Collections in Arizona-II A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record January-February...Record, Inc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping Hardcover: $60...4 cm, from the North Geronimo mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Dick Morris collection; Jeff Scovil photo...wulfenite became the official State Mineral of Arizona by Alexander G. Schauss A Fat Jack Adventure by...COLLECTIONS Erika Brown Mineralogical Society of Arizona Members Wyatt Busby Tom Moore Mark Candee Dick
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
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RICHARDSon 3340 east Mountain Vista Drive Phoenix, Arizona 85048 richardsonutaz@gmail.com Figure 1. A 1954...Rusack. All mineral photos taken by Jeff Scovil of Arizona specimens in the Flagg Mineral Foundation collection...date: Not only does it mark the centennial of Arizona statehood, but it is also the golden (fiftieth)...after Arthur Leonard Flagg and located in Phoenix. Arizona and Arthur L. Flagg are intimately interwoven....Foundation vice-chairman. A field collector of Utah and Arizona minerals, he has previously written for Rocks &
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Record Inc., 6349 N. Orange Tree Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85740 The Mineralogical Record Inc. Is a non-profit...Volume Fourteen, Number Five ARIZONA- V Articles Lost mines of Arizona ................................mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs Famous mineral...Allgood and C. Williams Black dioptase from Tiger, Arizona ........................................................... 337 by J. S. White and J. A. Nelen Arizona index to the Mineralogical Record, 1970.1983 .
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OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
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been described. Well known are malachite after azurite, copper, and cuprite; less commonly reported are...sphalerite, cerussite, pyrite, and even wood and bone. Azurite, shattuckite, chrysocolla, chalcoalumite, goethite...Loudville mine, Hanipshire County, Massachusetts; Chimney Rock quarry, in Somerset County, and New Brunswick...the Jones mine in Berks County, and Phoenixville and French Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania; the upper...workings of the copper mines at Ducktown, Polk County, and the zinc deposits of eastern and central Tennessee;
Catalog/List
Devonian, Silica Shale Formation Sylvania, Ohio, USA This is an almost pristine specimen of the classic...maximus Ordovician, Richmond Formation Mt. Orab, Ohio, USA This classic specimen of Isotelus maximus, the State...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This robust little example is of the same genus as...Edwardsville Formation Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA This small but exceptional slate block features an...Paleocene, Ft. Union Formation Glendive, Montana, USA This is a good fossil leaf specimen with fine detail
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3500 South Beryl Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85735 azmarmot@gmail.com ARIZONA Pseudomorphs and Epimorphs Unless...5 cm, South Belmont mine, Duquesne, Santa Cruz County. SEUDOMORPHS (Greek for false forms), examples...related and are also appealing to many collectors. Arizona has numerous localities that have produced attractive...View of Lime Peak, north of Duquesne, Santa Cruz County, as seen from the Holland mine; Barbara Muntyan...minerals, has retired to Tucson and now writes about Arizona localities. 158 ROCKS & MINERALS Pseudomorphs
Journal (issue)
Record, lnc. 5347 N. Ridge Spring Place, Tucson, Arizona 85749 Softcover: $25 plus shipping; Hardcover:...Barite-James and Charelle Webb collection, page 279; Azurite-Bob Howard collection, page 138; Calcite- Kevin...mineral localities like those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many... Eventually rnoving on through New Mexico and Arizona as a prospector, he leamed some mineralogy and...in the Gien Rose Limestone formation of Lampasas County. Lampasas celestine first became well known among
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Department of Geology and Geography Auburn University Azurite Downloaded by [National Sun Yat-Sen University]...mineralogical author Richard Bideaux (1 973) wrote that “Azurite must be considered a cornerstone mineral of any...for superior gold specimens. For these reasons, azurite remains one of the most popular and highly sought...of the 2002 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, three azurite specimens from Tsumeb and one from Morocco have...chosen for this issue’s Connoisseur’s Choice. Azurite is perhaps the most familiar blue mineral, ranging
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SOCIETY VOLUME 76, NO. 9 ISSN 2572-7486 OF ARIZONA NOVEMBER 2017 The Rockhound Record, Volume 76...is Loved 12 Page 13 Editors Corner 13 The Arizona Mineral Collector 14 October Meeting Highlights...Evan Jones about “How Wulfenite Became Official Arizona Mineral” was especially sweet as we had most of...in attendance to enjoy Evan’s accounts of the Arizona history they were a part of. Thank you, Evan, for...quickly picking up baton to spread the news to Arizona clubs on wulfenite, our awesome new state mineral
Book (edition)
/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings were...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
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Institution Pete J. Dunn Smithsonian Institution ARIZONA-II Peter Q. Embrey British Museum (Natural History)...The Mineralogical Record P. O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 published bimonthly by the Mineralogical...Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R. Thompson Slide..................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona .............................................J. A. Crowley The Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona ..............................219 by R. W.
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~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee. These old workings were...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
Catalog/List
TOTAL WRECK WULFENITE: Total Wreck Mine, Pima County, Arizona; Nice butterscotch to near clear thumbnails...at $15.00 each. BROOKITE: Magnet Cove, Garland County, Arkansas; Dipyramidal thumbnail crystals mounted...quartz, calcite, barite, cerussite, malachite, azurite, fluorite and a host of other minerals alt mixed...Hill, Calaveras River, Valley Springs, Calaveras County, California: Really neat little buggers for sure...ANDRADITE GARNET: Hans Garnet Mine, Paradise, Plumas County, California: Very showy deep red garnets on matrix
Catalog/List
TIONS: Finch Mine (AKA Barking Spider), Pinal County, Arizona: Very nice combinations which may have wulfenite...Rowley Mine, Painted Rock Mtns., Maricopa Co., Arizona: Clear golden wulfenite crystals and yellow to...each GLOVE WULFENITE: Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: Very nice crystalline specimens with individual...WULFENITE: Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountains, Pima County, Arizona: Butterscotch to deep orange-red crystal inch...1/4 79 WULFENITE: 79 Mine, Banner District, Gila County, Arizo _na: Transparent bright yellow crystals
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GOLD-II] 1-112 MMEE•] 25 I 1994 1-80 ARIZONA-I] ARIZONA-II] [ 129-200 201-272 129-192 193-256...321--400 337--400 ARIZONA-Ill] 337--400 257-336 [ 257-320 [ [ GOLD-I ] 321--412 ARIZONA-V] 265-352...321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986 [ ONTARIO] NEVADA]...21:98100 Abstracts of the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich)...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN
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Queen Creek, Arizona 85142 raycyn@cox.net HARVEY JONG 1777 N. Central Drive Chandler, Arizona 85224 harvey@digipan...harvey@digipan.com Arizona T Type Minerals here are about 880 mineral species reported from Arizona. Of these...type or cotype minerals (they were first found in Arizona). This article presents a short description of...type locality for each. Of the type minerals of Arizona, 49 are named for people, and 17 are named for...Association (IMA) as new species with type localities in Arizona. Because the original scientific descriptions have
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found in Arizona. In the twelve years since then 61 more minerals have been reported from Arizona, a number...change. This checklist is an effort to bring the Arizona mineral list up to date. Of the 61 minerals added...locality being in Arizona. They are: bechererite from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite...Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand...Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite from
 
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