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Azurite orbs in granite from Pakistan. (12.3 centimeters across at its widest)

Blue spots = azurite Scatteed green = malachite Whitish-gray speckled material = granite

This unusual rock is ordinary granite but has scattered subspherical masses of bluish-colored azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 - copper hydroxy-carbonate). Minor greenish-colored malachite is also present (Cu2CO3(OH)2). The granite is composed of quartz (SiO2), microcline feldspar (KAlSi3O8), albite feldspar (NaAlSi3O8), and mica.

Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed locality in the Himalayan Mountains of Pakistan (but possibly from loose talus near the base of Mount Godwin Austen ("K2 Mountain"), Karakoram Range, northeastern Pakistan)

Photo gallery of azurite: <a href="http://www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=447" rel="nofollow">www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=447</a>

Photo gallery of malachite:

<a href="http://www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=2550" rel="nofollow">www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=2550</a>
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Author James St. John

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