Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite

New Cornelia Mine, Ajo Dist., Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Richard Hronik
Miniature, 4.3 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Start Time: 01/23/2025 8:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $176

Item Description

A beautiful and fine quality display specimen Malachite after Azurite from Ajo featuring several excellent, well-formed, euhedral, sharp, blocky crystals measuring up to 1.1 cm across, sitting on a beautiful radial group of chatoyant green Malachite matrix. The piece is incredibly showy, and displays beautifully from several angles. No major damage I can find on any side. A choice miniature of this classic material.
This piece belonged to Richard Hronik.
Ex George Loud Collection No. 16.1.6 AZ.21; 9302. George (born August 16, 1942) is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. We recently acquired most of his impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections.
See: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/george-loud for more information

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$176 02/02/2025 5:40:53 pm (CST)
$166 02/02/2025 5:40:53 pm (CST)
$79 01/27/2025 8:24:30 pm (CST)
$69 01/27/2025 8:24:30 pm (CST)
$50 01/24/2025 3:56:26 pm (CST)
$45 01/24/2025 3:56:26 pm (CST)
$27 01/24/2025 10:08:38 am (CST)
$22 01/24/2025 10:08:38 am (CST)
$10 01/23/2025 9:23:58 pm (CST)