{"product_id":"azurite-with-malachite-on-limonite-1","title":"AZURITE with MALACHITE on LIMONITE","description":"An absolute show-stopping Azurite from the Calabona mine at Alghero in Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy, an abandoned mine that worked a porphyry copper deposit.  Due to the often low grade nature of porphyry deposits, well crystallised specimens are very rare, a fact that makes this excellent specimen even more remarkable.  A group of totally gemmy, electric azure-blue crystals grow in parallel alignment and up to 3 cm tall and 5 to 7 mm wide.  Their colour is exquisite and all have a brilliant glassy lustre that catches the light beautifully.  The Azurite crystals stand vertically in a large shallow vug in a limonitic matrix.  The walls of the vug are dark chocolate-brown and richly dusted with micro-rosettes of emerald-green Malachite.  Of the numerous Azurite crystals, two have slight chips on one side of their terminations, but this is very minor and cannot be seen without very close scrutiny.  A wonderful museum grade specimen of Azurite with Malachite from Sardinia.  ","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57781010891087,"sku":"CC18933","price":5551.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/3748\/2063\/files\/CC18933_636cc631-c265-4167-b854-e790831d4f86.jpg?v=1783975451","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.co.uk\/products\/azurite-with-malachite-on-limonite-1","provider":"Crystal Classics UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}