TL05 Azurite with Malachite

Bou Bekker Mine, Touissit, Oujda-Angad Prov., Morocco

15.0x 10.7x 5.0 cm

$750

A large cabinet specimen with very well formed azurite crystals on a malachite coated matrix.  I showed this piece to a dealer of  Moroccan minerals to ascertain the locality, and he told me that this locality had not produced specimens for a few years.

The individual clusters reach 2.3 cm, and while not the Tsumeb-esque type specimens from a nearby mine also in Toussit, I would say this is a pretty good azurite for Morocco, particularly compared to the specimens from Kerrouchine