Azurite (fine crystals)

Item Description

Touissit is one of the great localities in the world for Azurite. The impressive crystals from this area are incredibly sharp, highly lustrous, well-formed and show amazing internal gemminess, which is quite rare for the species worldwide. I don't think it's unrealistic to say that Touissit has produced more gem/gemmy Azurites than other famous Azurite localities like Tsumeb, Milpillas, Bisbee and Liufengshan. This piece is a showy toenail sized group featuring several bladed with incredibly lustrous faces and a very dark blue (nearly black) hue in reflected light, but when they are backlit, a small amount of electric indigo blue flashes can be seen inside The largest crystal measures 1.6 cm. The terminations are in good condition, but there is some roughness on the lower portion of the piece where it was separated from the pocket wall. A very good display quality specimen of this classic and world-class material. Valued $1,200.
From the collection of Shields Flynn.