Azurite, Malachite, Bayldonite & Olivenite (Tarnowski Coll.)

Item Description

An old-time, very showy, two-sided, CABINET, combination specimen from the famous and now-closed Tsumeb Mine. This excellent piece really has a lot going on and going for it. One side is richly sprinkled with lustrous, striated, navy-blue, azurite crystals and chatoyant, malachite pseudomorphs after sharp azurite crystals on a matrix of lighter green bayldonite. One half of the other side is covered with sharp, coated and uncoated, olive-green, olivenite crystals and accented with malachite pseudos after azurite, a few azurite crystals and lighter green bayldonite. This is one of the more complex combination specimens, that I have seen from this renowned locale. Definitely old-time material. Valued at $1000-1200. Ex Tarnowski Collection.