Product Description
Triangle shaped, sculpted topped with tiny surface rough spots, solid dark and lighter blue azurite semiprecious gemstone Azurite designer cabochon 40.5 mm by 21 mm and 7 mm thick.
It is a blue vein of Azurite on a dark matrix rock.
Azurite Malachite is a very popular semiprecious gemstone used for designer cabochons because of its unparalleled colors, a deep royal blue called "azure", hence its name Azurite, and a contrasting leafy green Malachite.
The word Azure is derived from the Arabic word for blue. Malachite gets its name from the Greek, malache, "mallow" in reference to its green leaf color.
Azurite is a copper carbonate and is usually found in copper mines.
Metaphysical Properties of Azurite Malachite: Azurite is believed to stimulate intellect as well as intuition, and is great for those studying new or challenging subjects.