Azurite (excellent quality crystals)

Item Description

Very little comes from this mine these days, but I think it's important to look back on the Liufengshan "boom" as one of the great periods in modern mineral collecting. Some of the finest quality Azurite specimens ever found came out of this mine, and they made a huge splash on the market. Here we have a wonderful miniature display specimen of Azurite from this famous contemporary mine featuring excellent quality, razor-sharp, incredibly lustrous, intense midnight blue color elongated crystals measuring up to 1.0 cm associated with minor Malachite on dark reddish-brown Cuprite matrix. Some crystals are slightly gemmy near the edges when backlit as you can see in the photos. The lower portion of the specimen has a small contacted where the piece was removed from the pocket wall, but the vast majority of the main crystals are pristine, save one tiny nick here or there. I love the quality, composition and arrangement on this one. If you missed out on these, don't pass up a chance to get a fine quality specimen of this fast-disappearing material for a great price. Valued at $1,800 for the sheer quality and fine displayability.