Azurite & Malachite (new find! Laos)

Item Description

A fantastic and colorful azurite and malachite specimen from a small recent find at a very obscure Laos locale, that MINDAT does not list. This surreal two-sided piece looks like a forest scene from Alice in Wonderland! The goethite/limonite stalactites (you can see the hollow centers where the precipitating fluids flowed) are dramatically partially or fully covered the lustrous, nubby rich navy-blue azurite. The malachite preferentially coats both the navy-blue azurite and the earlier generation of cornflower-blue azurite botryoids on the back. The bit of bruising has negligible impact to the overall outstanding artistic and color quality of this impressive new find. WE SAW MANY IN CHINA - but most are completely broken and worthless to me as a collector. Ipicked 1 in a 100 pieces. Who knows what more will come... Value???