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Azurite

	JC13751. Azurite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco . 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm 55g $40.00 From the great finds of the 1990's. Brilliant blue, gemmy crystals in a small vug. Tough to get a good photo into the vug at depth. Several photos. A bit of dust on some of the crystals I didn't notice until I took the photos...a minute in the ultra sonic cleaner took care of that.
	JC13751. Another view.
	JC13751. Another view.
	JC13751. Another view.
	JC13751. Another closer view.
	JC13751. Another closer view.
	JC13471. Azurite. El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico. 9 x 7 x 3.5 cm 362g $90.00. Sparkling translucent blue crystals of azurite scattered throughout the front of this goethite matrix. Classic material for this old locality. These were collected back in the 1960's. Brilliant blue, gemmy crystals scattered around in small vug like openings. From an old collection.
	JC13471. Closer view.
	JC13471. Back side.
	JC13470. Azurite. El Cobre mine, Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico. 10 x 6 x 7 cm 464g $140.00 Sparkling translucent blue crystals of azurite scattered throughout the front of this goethite matrix. Classic material for this old locality. These were collected back in the 1960's. Brilliant blue, gemmy crystals scattered around in small vug like openings. From an old collection.
	JC13470. Closer view.
	JC13470. Back side.
	JC13353. Azurite. Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco. 7 x 5 x 4cm 80g $270.00. A lustrous dark blue intergrown cluster of bladed azurite crystals from Touissit, Morocco. Individual bladed crystals of azurite measure to 2 cm in length. Orange-brown goethite is associated with the azurite and has impacted the crystal growth in some areas where it is included within the azurite, but many of the azurite crystals are well formed with sharp bladed termination. An attractive cabinet specimen for Morocco and a very fine azurite from Touissit. Piece displays well, and is much better in person. I photographed it both with a white back ground and a black background. Older piece, from the 1990's.
	JC13353. Back side.
	JC13353. Another view.
	JC13353. Closer view.
	JC13353. Closer view.
	JC13353. Closer view.
	JC13353. Black back ground for the photo shot
	JC13353. Black back ground for the photo shot
	JC13350. Azurite, malachite pseudo azurite. Morenci mine, Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona. 6.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm 124g $280.00 Beautiful, classic specimen from Morenci, one of the great copper localities in the U.S. This eye-catching small cabinet specimen features attractive layered "rose"-shaped groups consisting of lustrous, tabular crystals of deep blue Azurite, which have largely been pseudomorphed to green Malachite. The largest individual crystal measures about 1.3 cm. EX Stan Espanshade. C: 1980's
	JC13350. Side view.
	JC13350. Another view.
	JC13350. Closer view of top area.
	JC13349. Azurite. Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco. 6.5 × 4 × 2 cm 36g $85.00 Bright dark blue crystals, with a somewhat pitted look from iron oxide on the outside. Older piece.
	JC13349. Another slightly different view.
	JC13349. Another slightly different view.
	JC13349. Another view.
	JC13349. Back side.
	JC13332. Azurite. Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 9.3 x 6.7 x 2.5 cm 181g $150.00 Larger than usual crystals from here, on a flat plate. The azurite crystals are growing on massive malachite. Luster is satiny. Some of the crystals are partially altered to malachite.
	JC13332. Another view.
	JC13332. Close up.
	JC13245. Azurite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 3 x 2 x 2 cm 24g $25.00. A thumbnail with small brilliant blue crystals as seen here. SOLD
	JC12759. Azurite. Vieja mine?, Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. 6.5 x 3 x 4.5 cm 96g. $45.00. Brilliant, dark blue crystals with a bit of associated quartz, and white specks of what appears to be cerussite. Older piece, I traded for quartz crystals at Re-peat Rock Shop, in Auburn, California in December 1970. Piece was collected prior to that, but I don't know by how much. This is the location I was given by the Rock Shop. I could not find a Vieja mine near Sierra Rica on the web. The Vieja mine I did find is in Magistral, Mun. de Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico. There is one reference to the Vieja mine as producing azurite, but no photos or other information. So for now I will stick to Sierra Rica as the location. Crowley collection #61.
	JC12759. Close up view.
	JC12693. Azurite. Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 7 x 6 x 2 cm 138g $165.00. The majority of azurites from Liufengshan are druses of near micro crystals. This one is nice, with larger, slightly bladed looking, very lustrous crystals.
	JC12693. Another view.
	JC12693. Another view.
	JC12462. Azurite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco. 3.5 x 4.3 x 6.2 cm 148g $165.00. Rather flat lying crystals on a chalcocite rich matrix. Interesting crystal formation.
	JC12462. Another view.
	JC12462. Another view.
	JC12462. Close up of the large, almost flat lying crystal.
	JC12344. Azurite. Holbrook mine, Bisbee, Cochise county, Arizona. 5 x 6.5 cm 161g. $125.00. Small specks of gibbsite are present, these are the white spots. Rounded aggregate of azurite, with crystal faces on the spheroids. Not lustrous. Back side has rounded blobby azurite, with bright micro crystals in the small vugs.
	JC12344. Closer view of specimen.
	JC12344. Back side.
	JC11907. Azurite. Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 3 x 6.5 cm 64g. $40.00 Sparkly, rather blocky crystals.
	JC11907. Closer view.
	JC11677. Azurite, malachite. Morenci mine, Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona. 5.5 x 10 cm 169g. $150.00. Pretty piece, with small ball like groups of azurite, visible just to the right of the fibrous malachite, with drusy crystals making up the rest of the piece. Both sides are quite attractive and sparkly. Much better in person.
	JC11677. Close up.
	JC11677. Back side or front side, both sides are presentable.
	JC11626. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 7.5 x 13 cm 727g. $398.00. Bladed crystals with botryoidal malachite sitting on them. The malachite is a bit more green in person so to speak. From recent finds at the mine. Pretty, with lots of sparkle.
	JC11626. Another view.
	JC11626. Closer view.
	JC11626. Closer view.
	JC11626. Closer view.
	JC11626. Closer view.
	JC11608. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 10 x 16 cm >1000g. $450.00 A large cabinet specimen of the brilliant blue azurite from here. The upper left shows two generations of azurite, the first layer the more brilliant blue, and the next layer on top of this one the more sparkly darker blue. Malachite adds nice contrast. The back side is also of interest, and could also make the display side. It is composed of botryoidal malachite, with a bit of secondary malachite of light green crystals here and there. Along the top edge are azurite crystals implanted on and next to the malachite botryoids for a bit of nice contrast.
	JC11608. Closer view of the cavity above.
	JC11608. Closer view of the upper left showing the two generations of azurite.
	JC11608. Back side.
	JC11608. Closer view of the lower left.
	JC11608. Closer view of the upper center.
	JC11607. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 7 x 8 x 14 cm 866g. $550.00 From the recent finds at the mine. A two sided piece. This side is drusy bladed royal blue crystals with bright luster and a bit of malachite. The other side is azurite with a partial coating of fuzzy, acicular, primary malachite crystals on the azurite. Pretty.
	JC11607. Close up.
	JC11607. Reverse side. Either side is great for display.
	JC11607. Close up of upper portion.
	JC11607. Close up of lower portion.
	JC11606. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 10 x 17 cm >1000g. $550.00. From the more recent finds from the Liufengshan mine. Flat plate of sharp azurite crystals, with a partial coating of sort of fuzzy to somewhat botryoidal malachite. These more recent ones are a bit different from the older pieces, which usually didn't have this fuzzy primary malachite scattered over the azurite crystals. Several close up photos of different parts of the display face.
	JC11606. Closer view.
	JC11606. Closer view.
	JC11606. Closer view.
	JC11606. Closer view.
	JC11586. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 9 x 15 cm 437g. $295.00 The Liufengshan mine is still producing specimens. This one is from recent finds at the mine. Royal blue bright drusy crystals coating the front.
	JC11586. Closer view.
	JC11586. Closer view.
	JC11586. Closer view.
	JC11580. Azurite, malachite, malachite pseudo after azurite. Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 7.5 x 10 cm 177g $225.00. Flat plate with several small azurite crystals, which are not as lustrous as most from here. Small blades of malachite pseudos after azurite are scattered around on the all malachite matrix.
	JC11580. Closer view. Small bladed crystals of malachite pseudo azurite can be seen.
	JC11580. Close up of the azurites.
	JC11530. Azurite, malachite. Lost Lake claim, Nacimiento mine, San Pablo, Sandoval county, New Mexico. 8 x 13 cm 457g. $275.00. Nice large plate of blue nodules on Triassic sandstone. The deposit is supposedly exhausted.
	JC11530. Slightly different view.
	JC11530. Closer view.
	JC11518. Azurite. Morenci mine, Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona. 8 x 8.5 cm 311g. $185.00. Rounded hemispheres of azurite grouped together on light colored matrix. There is minor rubbing on some of the spheres, as can be seen in the photo, although it is pretty minimal.
	JC11518. Closer view.
	JC10686. Azurite, malachite. Aranzazu mine (Cobre mine), Concepcion delo Oro, Concepcion del Oro municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico. 4 x 7 cm 66g $185.00. From the find of the 1960's, these are now not often seen for sale with this size of crystals.. This one has a vug filled with relatively large, gemmy, dark blue azurite crystals with some malachite. Classic specimen from this classic old find. Ex Kaye Robertson collection. Better in person. Camera has a hard time differentiating the various crystals.
	JC10686. Another view.
	JC10686. Another view.
	JC10686. Another view.
	JC10686. Another view.
	JC10686. Another view.
	JC10568. Azurite. Moldova Nouă Mine , Moldova Nouă-Sasca Cu-Mo ore field, Caraş-Severin, Romania. 2.5 x 7 cm 34g. $50.00 From this somewhat obscure mine in Romania, bladed, dark blue crystals on a dark, charcoal gray matrix with little bits of malachite.
	JC10394. Azurite, malachite. Milpillas mine, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 4 x 5 cm 47g. $200.00. Classic miniature of brilliant blue crystals.
	JC10394. Another view.
	JC10394. Another view.
	JC10396. Azurite. Milpillas mine, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 4 x 4.7 cm 39g. $200.00. Nice miniature of brilliant blue crystals.
	JC10396. Another view.
	JC10396. Another view.
	JC10185. Azurite, malachite pseudo azurite. Milpillas mine, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 6 x 8 x 9.3 cm. 569g. $750.00. A fine example of Milpillas azurite/malachite. Several of the crystals are partially to completely altered to malachite as pseudos after the azurite. The larger crystal on the upper right is 5 cm in width, nice size for this locality. Luster is quite bright. Good specimen.
	JC10185. Closer view of the upper right area with the 5 cm crystal.
	JC10185. Close up view of the larger crystal, which is partially altered to malachite while still having azurite visible.
	JC10185. Another view.
	JC10185. Close up view of the larger crystal, which is partially altered to malachite while still having azurite visible. It is on the extreme left side in this photo.
	JC10185. Another view.
	JC10185. Close up view
	JC10185. Close up view of the 5 cm crystal, which is partially altered to malachite.
	JC9950. Azurite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. 5 x 5.5 cm 51g $50.00. A group of small, brilliant luster dark blue crystals from the finds back in the 1990's.
	JC9950. Another view.
	JC9950. Another view.
	JC9950. Another closer view.
	JC9950. Another closer view.
	JC9950. Another closer view.
	JC9758. Azurite, malachite. Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Municipio de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. 4 x 6.5 cm 60g. $295.00. A two centimeter main crystal with satellite crystals attached. The back of the main crystals, not visible in this photo, were in contact with the pocket walls, so parts of the crystals are a bit flat. These are the brilliant crystals with an almost Schiller like luster, where the original crystals were partly replaced by malachite and then a thin layer of azurite crystallized on the malachite, giving this incredible luster the Milpillas azurites are famous for. The visible malachite is for the most part the thin layer of malachite that in the top half of the specimen is now azurite.
	JC9758. Another view.
	JC9758. Another view.
	JC9758. Closer view.
	JC9574. Azurite, malachite, tenorite. Blue Jay Mine, Big Eightmile creek, Leadore District, Lemhi County, Idaho. 6 x 9 cm 143g $30.00 I collected these in August 2018. A thin layer of microcrystalline azurite on an altered granite matrix.
	JC9574. Right side showing the zincian malachite, light green, and black tenorite.
	JC9575. Azurite, malachite. Blue Jay Mine, Big Eightmile creek, Leadore District, Lemhi County, Idaho. 7 x 10.5 cm 322g $30.00. Sawn base. I collected these in August 2018. A thin layer of microcrystalline azurite on an altered granite matrix. Some zincian malachite in the upper right. Malachite is light green from the zinc content.
	JC9575. A closer view.
	JC9576. Azurite, tenorite. Blue Jay Mine, Big Eightmile creek, Leadore District, Lemhi County, Idaho. 6 x 9 cm 193g $30.00. I collected these in August 2018. A thin layer of microcrystalline azurite on an altered granite matrix
	JC9576. Close up view of the micro crystalline azurite.
	JC9577. Azurite, malachite. Blue Jay Mine, Big Eightmile creek, Leadore District, Lemhi County, Idaho. 5 x 7 cm 122g $25.00. I collected these in August 2018. A thin layer of microcrystalline azurite on an altered granite matrix
	JC9541. Azurite, tenorite. Blue Jay mine, Big Eightmile creek, Leadore district, Lemhi county, Idaho. 3.5 x 9.5 cm 96g. $35.00. Sawn back. Sparkly azurite is dark blue...a little darker than in the photo. From a small breccia pipe in altered granitic rock. The granite in the breccia pipe is highly fractured and the breccia fragments are variously coated with mostly azurite, varying amounts of tenorite, and small amounts of light green zinc rich malachite. Nearly all the specimens have some amount of contact marks due to the tight nature of the breccia fragments cemented in the pipe. The original find I found in 2002 had more malachite on the specimens and much lesser tenorite.
	JC9488. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Chichi county, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui province, China. 7 x 13 cm 489g. $175.00. Not often seen are specimens from here with larger crystals. Most specimens are small druses of crystals. This nice piece has 1 cm crystals in a shallow vug with botryoidal malachite. Crystals have bright luster and display nicely. There are a few broken crystals, mostly on the left side of the specimen in this photo.
	JC9488. Another view.
	JC9488. Another view.
	JC9467. Azurite. Christiana Mine, Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece. 6 x 8 cm 126g. $70.00 From the 2012 find a nearly solid mass of bright blue crystals. Pretty and nice.
	JC9467. Side view.
	JC9467. Close up.
	JC9454. Azurite, malachite. Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Savannakhet province, Laos. 7 x 8.5 cm 171g $385.00. Dark blue rosette style crystals on botryoidal malachite. Bright luster. No obvious damage.
	JC9454. Close up. Crystals are a little darker blue than the photo indicates, with brilliant luster.
	JC9427. Azurite, malachite. Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. 4.5 x 7.5 cm 116g $20.00. A colorful specimen coated with incomplete crystals. Appears to have been a narrow vein with the crystals in contact with the opposite wall so they never formed properly.
	JC9427. Another view.
	JC9427. Another view.
	JC9371. Azurite, malachite. Sidi Ayed (Sidi Ayad), Boulemane Caïdat, Boulemane Cercle, Boulemane Province, Fès-Meknès Region, Morocco. 7.5 x 13cm 548g $50.00 Matrix covered with bright blue drusy crystals, some altered to malachite as seen in the lower part of the piece.
	JC9371. Closer view upper right.
	JC9371. Closer view lower left area.
	JC9371. Back side.
	JC9364. Azurite. Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos. 6.5 x 8 cm 140g $98.00. Blocky, bright blue crystals filling a shallow vug. No more good specimens such as this are coming out from this location these days. Sawn back. Purchased in 2017.
	JC9364. Another view.
	JC9364. Another view.
	JC9364. Close up.
	JC9355. Azurite. Liufengshan mine, Lishan town, Chizhou, Anhui province, China. 7 x 8 cm 315g $80.00. Dark blue, sort of chisel shaped crystals coating a slightly concave vug. Collected in 2017.
	JC9355. Close up of upper right.
	JC9355. Close up of lower left.
	JC9339. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Guichi district, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui province, China. 11 x 18 cm >1000g (2.6 Lbs). $625.00 A large cabinet specimen from the Liufengshan mine, with larger crystals. Rarely does this mine produce crystals over a few mm in size; these are up to 7mm or so, and average about 5mm. There is very little damage to the main crystal exposures. There is one area on the very top of the specimen where it probably contacted the side of the vug/pocket it resided in that has damage This can be seen on the very top, slightly right of center. There a few areas of botryoidal malachite, some of it slightly iron stained, as can be seen. A very nice piece with good sized crystals for the location. A large cabinet specimen from my collection. A really pretty piece, with brilliant luster crystals, that would stand out in any cabinet display.
	JC9339. Close up of left side in the above photo.
	JC9339. Closer view of the left side, with a botryoidal malachite sphere tinted yellowish by iron oxide stain.
	JC9339. Another view.
	JC9339. Close up of the left end of the above photo. Shows the malachite spheres nicely.
	JC9339. Close up of the right side in the 2nd photo above.
	JC9333. Azurite. Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 6 x 6.5 cm 143g $40.00. Bright blue drusy crystals typical for the Liufengshan mine. Purchased in 2017.
	JC9333. Another view.
	JC9333. Back side.
	JC9330. Azurite, malachite. Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Savannakhet province, Laos. 7.5 x 8.5 cm 266g. $98.00. Brilliant dark blue azurite makes for a pretty specimen. A bit of damage on the right side as seen in the photos. This mine has not been producing any more decent azurites such as this one.
	JC9330. Close up of the center area.
	JC9295. Azurite. Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico 5 x 6 cm 86g $85.00. Brilliant blue crystals typical of Milpillas. The matrix is a breccia with mixed little cobbles of matrix rock. One of these had been resting against the central crystal, and left little specks of host rock imbedded in the azurite where the azurite crystal grew against it.
	JC9295. Another view.
	JC9295. Another view.
	JC9295. Another view.
	JC9293. Azurite. Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico. 6 x 10 cm 329g $300.00. Brilliant blue crystals on matrix. Has a sawn base...when I got this one, it had a lot of excess matrix that needed to be removed. Pretty piece with nice contrast with the matrix. Some crystals are flat lying, and some are blades standing vertical on the matrix. Only damage is the very top back side, where a couple of crystals are cleaved off, I'm guessing where they were in contact with the pocket wall and this can be seen in this photo, and the one below, at the very top of the piece. I think nicely priced for its size and beauty.
	JC9293. Slightly different angle.
	JC9293. Close view of the top...the damaged crystal on the very top is visible in this photo. Does not really detract from the piece.
	JC9293. Close up of the lower portion of the specimen.
	JC9289. Azurite, malachite. Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Savannakhet province, Laos. 4 x 7 cm 93g. $95.00. Brilliant, drusy azurite coating botryoidal malachite. Hard to tell in the photo, but this is a nice little vug containing the crystals of azurite. Pretty.
	JC9289. Closer view.
	JC9146. Azurite. Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos? or Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China . 9 x 15 cm 1,206g $425.00 Brilliant blue crystals filling a shallow vug. Crystals to about 5mm in size. A very pretty specimen that really stands out. On one end, not at all visible in the photos, is a hole that goes down into the piece, and it is completely lined with brilliant crystal also, and there is a bit of malachite in rounded balls, down in there too. There has been a bit of controversy over Sepon mine specimens. The mine quit producing azurite in 2015 supposedly. Most of the specimens originally from the mine went to China, and were then sold. The Liufengshan mine in China has produced beautiful azurite very similar to these. So, the question remains, is the Sepon mine location for this piece accurate? I bought it at the Tucson show from a Chinese dealer in 2017, who was insistent that it is from the Sepon mine. The crystals in this piece are brilliant and gemmy...a bit more so than I am used to seeing from the Liufengshan mine. So, hopefully the label is accurate, but there is a question. From my personal collection, #JAC1768
	JC9146. Back side.
	JC9146. Another view.
	JC9146. Closer view.
	JC9099. Azurite, malachite. Khanong open pit, Sepon mine, Vilabouly district, Savannakhet province, Laos. 3 x 4.5 cm 26g. $150.00. A very nice miniature featuring a main crystal of the classic type from here. The azurite was replaced by malachite and in turn coated with azurite, giving this great, vibrant, schiller like blue color. A crystal on the side that is both malachite and azurite.
	JC9099. Slightly different angle.
	JC9094. Azurite. Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco. 7 x 7 cm 223g $45.00. A little different than what is normally seen from here. Dark blue, lustrous crystals on a dark matrix. Collected in 2016.
	JC9094. Close up.
	JC9049. Azurite, malachite pseudo azurite. Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos. 8 x 11.5 cm 608g. $300.00 A nice little concave vug has malachite pseudos after azurite, and azurite, with the larger azurites on the left edge. Pretty and displays well. This mine has quite producing any decent azurites now. This piece was collected in 2016.
	JC9049. Another view.
	JC9049. Close up left side.
	JC9049. Close up right side and center.
	JC9049. Close up of central area.
	JC9049. Another close up.
	JC9046. Azurite. Liufengshan mine, Lishan town, Chizhou, Anhui province, China. 4.6 x 8 cm 184g $60.00 Brilliant blue sparkly crystals coating the face. One of the earlier pieces to come out from this find. Collected in 2016.
	JC9046. Close up view.
	JC9045. Azurite. Liufengshan mine, Lishan town, Chizhou, Anhui province, China. 4.2 x 7 cm 197g $98.00 Good size crystals for this locality, with nice bright luster. One of the earlier pieces to come out from this find. Collected in 2016.
	JC9045. Closer view.
	JC9044. Azurite, malachite pseudo azurite. Liufengshan mine, Lishan town, Chizhou, Anhui province, China. 6 x 7 cm 254g $100.00 Nice bladed azurite on the top side, growing on a layer of malachite pseudo azurite, with small little azurite crystals on top of the malachite. One of the earlier pieces to come out from this find. Collected in 2016.
	JC9044. Closer view.
	JC9044. Close up of the top side.
	JC9012. Azurite, quartz. Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. Sierra Rica, Chihuahua. 6 x 9 cm 86g $300.00. A really fine azurite from this somewhat lesser known locality. This one is far better than most seen for sale out there. It has been in several collections, with the previous owners listed here, and the price they had on it at the time. Ex Crowley collection #1755. I acquired this one in October, 2016. Ex Stoudt Coll. Purchase price $500 #444 Ex Peter Megaw $400 Ex Evan Jones Ex Irv Michelson coll.
	JC9012. Closer view.
	JC8863. Azurite, malachite. Aranzazú mine (Cobre mine); Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico 3.5 x 4.5 cm 78g $15.00 Brilliant blue small crystals with little malachites mixed in.
	JC8863. Closer view.
	JC7953. Azurite. Kerrouchene, Khenifra province, Meknes-Tafilalet region, Morocco. 1.5 x 3 cm 8g. $15.00. A bright single crystal as is common for specimens from here...they have a real tendency to pop off the hard matrix when trying to be collected.
	JC7953. Another view.
	JC7953. Another view.
	JC7094. Azurite, Morenci mine, Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona. 10 x 13 cm 658g. $125.00 Sparkly, bright blue small crystals heavily coating the front face. Pretty. Better in person. Purchased in 2013.
	JC7094. Close up of upper portion.
	JC7094. Another view.
	JC7032. Azurite. Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 4.5 x 6.5 cm 152g $45.00. Brilliant dark blue crystals in a shallow vug. Collected in 2013.
	JC7032. Another view.
	JC7032. Close up.
	JC4720. Azurite, malachite, dolomite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker district, Jerada province, Oriental region, Morocco. 2.5 x 5.3 cm 29g. $50.00 Undamaged doubly terminated 3 cm crystal, dark blue, with minor replacement by malachite. Bright luster. Photos of front and back of crystal.
	JC4720. Close up of above photo.
	JC4720. Back side, slightly turned.
	JC4720. Back side.
	JC4720. Turned slightly to show termination.
	JC4720. Turned a bit more to show termination.
	JC4273. Azurite. Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 5.5 x 8.5 cm 154g. $50.00. Drusy crystal to 3mm in a vug, which has an obvious hole in it where it was trimmed up. Crystals are as seen, dark blue and sparkly. Older piece collected in 2008. Kind of a neat piece.
	JC4273. Another view.
	JC3718. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Chichi county, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui province, China 4.5 x 5 cm 181g. $50.00 Blocky, lustrous crystals to 6 mm or so. One of the early ones from 2006.
	JC3718. Close up view.
	JC3712. Azurite, malachite. Liufengshan mine, Chichi county, Chizhou prefecture, Anhui province, China. 10.5 x 11 x 6 cm 1,042g $90.00 A thick piece of botryoids covered with bladed to slightly more blocky crystals. Good luster, with small crystals on the left side, grading to larger crystals on the right center, as can be seen in the photos. Better in person. Collected in 2006.
	JC3712. Slightly different angle.
	JC3712. Closer view.
	JC3466. Azurite. Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China. 5 x 7.5 cm 217g. $50.00 Bright royal blue crystals lining a vug in malachite. Older piece from 2006. Pretty and esthetic
	JC3466. Another view.
	JC3466. Close up view.