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   ocr: appears black, as seen in this specimen, yet careful observation in the right light shows the mineral to be dark blue. Despite azurite's beauty, it is too soft and fragile to be used as a gem. The Newmont Azurite is named after the Newmont Mining Corporation, which owned the copper mine in Tsumeb, Namibia, in which it was found. The miner who discovered it smuggled it out of the mine and used it to pay off his tab at a local tavern. When the company found out, it retrieved the mineral 23