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#Azurite with #Malachite
#Mexico
35x33x15mm
Photo by Fine Mineral Photography
By #GeologicalWondersToo / Karen Kemp
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Beautiful #Azurite on #Malachite with serious color, luster, contrast, and focal crystal aesthetics.
Collection: The Focal Crystal
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By #GeologyWonders
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I've been eaten by a grue but this match pulled me back because #azurite my beloved,,,,
Look, #kosmochlor is a space rock, big whoop. Did you miss they've also found it terrestrially? (Is it remnants of Other Space Rock? Maybe. Shhhhh.) They buried the lede that it's a #clinopyroxene: it's a *temperature and pressure indicator*. I.e., certain formations, colors, levels of occurrence, etc etc etc, say a LOT about how hot e.g. a magma was, what other minerals and ores might be (geologically) nearby, what stressors were on these rocks over time, etc.
Clinopyroxenes are, for the most part, *scientifically* valuable rather than monetarily, aiui. (#Jadeite is a notable exception.) (#Nephrite is not even a clinopyroxine!) (Freely admit I may be wrong!)
Aaaaanyway: scientifically, yes, it's super cool. Azurite is a favorite and I gotta vote for one of my favorite copper minerals. 😂🤷🏻
(Let's be real, bar a wild upset, the space mineral will win. But azurite tho. Aaaaaaazuuuuuuriiiiiiiite.)
via @MineralCup
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#Azurite can form in the oxidized supergene zone of copper-rich rocks. More carbon dioxide favors azurite over #malachite. Our atmosphere doesn't have enough CO2 (yet) to stabilize azurite, but malachite at the surface persists kinetically rather than convert to black copper oxide. Sulfur and other species can modify these relations.
Hence copper roofs weather to green, not blue!
Diagram from Kiselcva et al. (1992)
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Amazing Natural #Malachite crystals with #azurite from Morenci mine, Arizona, #USA.
Photo Copyright ©️ J. Scovil
By #GeologyWonders
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#Quartz Crystal covered with #Limonite and #Azurite and #Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite, Er Rachidia Province, #Morocco. S:56 x 26 x 21 mm
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By #GeologyWonders
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Quartz covered with #Azurite, #Malachite, and #Limonite Mecissi, Er Rachidia Province, Morocco...73 x 55 x 45 mm
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By #GeologyWonders
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