Azurite - Malachite Children's bracelet | 4 mm

Azuriet – Malachiet Kinderarmband in 4 mm

Azurite

Azurite is an intense blue copper-bearing mineral often found in combination with malachite. Its striking colour ranges from deep royal blue to almost black-blue and is due to its high copper content. Azurite usually forms crystals, granular masses or nodular structures, and was used as a pigment as early as ancient times.

Major deposits of azurite include Namibia, Morocco, Australia, Mexico and the United States. The mineral is formed by the oxidation of copper ores in the upper layers of deposits, often together with malachite. Its chemical formula is Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂ and its hardness is between 3.5 and 4 on the Mohs scale.

Sources:
Mindat.org, Gemdat.org, Wikipedia - Azurite

Malachite

Malachite is an intense green copper-bearing mineral notable for its characteristic band patterns and glass to silky luster. The colour ranges from light green to dark green, often with concentric or layered drawings. The mineral usually forms in the oxidation zones of copper deposits.

Major deposits include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Russia, Australia and the United States. Malachite has the chemical formula Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂ and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale.

There are no official subspecies, but notable forms include botryoidal malachite (grape-shaped), needle-shaped malachite (silk malachite) and malachite with azurite, with the mineral occurring together with the blue copper ore form azurite.

Sources:
Mindat.org, Gemdat.org, Wikipedia - Malachite

These faceted, ball or beaded bracelets are strung on a sturdy, double elastic, making them suitable for different wrist sizes. Our bracelets range in bead diameter from 4 mm to 10 mm, with the wrist circumference varying slightly by size. The smaller sizes have a wrist circumference of about ± 160 mm, increasing to ± 180 mm for the larger ones. For children's bracelets, the wrist circumference is the smallest in our range, which is ± 12 to 13 cm.

We also offer split bracelets, where the split used ranges from 5 to 10 mm. These bracelets are also strung on sturdy, double elastic, with a circumference of approximately 16 cm to a maximum of 18 cm. Please note that there may sometimes be a different type between the pieces of split used. Our split bracelets are sold per 10 pieces in most cases, but there are exceptions.

Please note that we do not always have every size of every variety in our range.