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- Raw Azurite and Azurite Pigment
Description: Small ceramic bowl with pure crystalline blue azurite pigment and raw azurite pieces. Dimensions: Height 0.6, Diameter 2.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog cards - pigment, bowl, and raw azurite: TUZI 1214, TUZI 1316, TUZI 2081). - Raw and Worked Malachite
Description: Pieces of raw malachite and a large worked piece. Dimensions: H 1.9, Diam 3.2. cm (worked piece). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog cards - worked piece; raw pieces - TUZI 2719, TUZI 1533, and TUZI 3035). - Worked Malachite
Description: Large worked piece of malachite. Dimensions: 1.9 x 3.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Grooved Mortar
Description: Mortar with a transverse groove on opposite side. Dimensions: 6.35 x 3.18 x 3.18 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Rock Salt
Description: Unworked rock salt. Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Raw Malachite, Close-up
Description: Pieces of raw malachite. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center. - Raw Malachite
Description: Pieces of raw malachite. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center. - Stone Vessel
Description: Stone vessel made from pumice. Dimensions: 11.4 x 17.3 x 8.3 cm (outer), 7.5 x 11.2 x 5.1 cm (inner). Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Pick, Alternate View
Description: 3/4-groove pick that tapers to a polished point. The butt end of the pick sightly tapers to blunt edge. Dimensions: 16.3 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Pick
Description: 3/4-groove pick that tapers to a polished point. The butt end of the pick sightly tapers to blunt edge. Dimensions: 16.3 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Sandstone Pestle
Description: Sandstone pestle resembling a grooved maul. Dimensions: Max. Diam. 6.67, H 8.57 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Incised Argillite Paint Mortar
Description: Argillite paint mortar with 27 vertical exterior grooves (each 2 mm wide by 2 mm deep). A black substance adheres to the interior of the mortar, which was at one time well polished all around. A large piece of the base has broken and been mended. Dimensions: Diam. 7.2 x Base 5.5 x Depth 1.9 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Malachite Ore
Description: Malachite ore in a sandstone matrix. This is the largest piece of malachite recovered from Tuzigoot. Dimensions: 15 x 13 x 8.5 cm; weight 5 lbs 2 oz. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card).