Recorded live session in which I discuss and showcase the well-known copper minerals azurite and malachite. In addition to the properties of both minerals, I show fine examples of these blue-green combinations from around the world. Also discussed is the transition from azurite to malachite as well as pseudomorphoses. Finally, I pay brief attention to a related copper silicate: chrysocolla.
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