"Electric-blue" Azurite & Malachite (Trimingham Coll.)

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Small Cabinet, 6.4 x 5.8 x 4.0 cm
Start Time: 12/01/2013 6:15:00 am (CST)
End Time: 12/05/2013 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Tiny, sharp, azurite crystals glow with "electric-blue" gemminess under bright light against the contrasting minutely crystallized primary malachite needles on this rich, showy and excellent old-timer from Broken Hill. The hefty ore matrix is massive galena. Ex Bill Hiss and Bob Trimingham Collections.

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