• Azurite specimens•
(Morocco) 

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• Azurite specimens•
(Morocco) 

Azurite specimens - Azurite crystals - blue copper mineral

Tiny Azurite crystals known as druze, on matrix rock of quartz and some green malachite splotches. These specimens have fluorite, Azurite, pyrite, and some malachite. All specimens are about 2" long. Both the azurite and malachite are secondary copper minerals. Azurite is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits. Hardness 3-1/2 to 4 on the Mohs scale. Azurite is a hydrated copper carbonate. Azurite is often pseudomorphed to Malachite, and the two are very frequently found together.

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Azurite is typically found as tabular to prismatic crystals of a deep "azure blue" color with splendent vitreous faces. During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, azurite was the most important pigment in European painting. The ancient Greeks, Arabs, Egyptians, and Persians have used it.

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