Azurite (New Find!) (rare locale)

Item Description

Here is something that I'm sure most of you haven't seen before. This piece comes to us from a brand new discovery in July 2022 in the Tasikmalaya Regency of the West Java Province of Indonesia. Although Azurite is not a rare mineral, these pieces are the first specimens of Azurite we've seen from Indonesia. There have been some copper silicate species coming out for a few years now from various localities in Indonesia, but secondary copper carbonates like Azurite were unheard of to the best of my knowledge, prior to this discovery. This piece hosts attractive, sparkling, rich blue colored bladed crystals of Azurite forming semi-"rosette"-shaped groups associated with a tiny bit of green Malachite on oxidized matrix. The Azurites looks great up close, and we have photographed them with a Canon MP-E 65 mm macro lens to better illustrate their quality. If you collect Azurites, secondary ore minerals, or if you're just a fan of minerals from uncommon localities, do not pass this one up. We have a select few that we will be offering in the auctions over the next months, but we were told that it was a very limited find, and there may not be many of them to go around.