Chrysocolla

  
Chrysocolla with malachite
Origin: Shaba Province, Zaire
Sample size: 12 x 9 x 8 cm
 
Chrysocolla coated with quartz
Origin: Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 5.4 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
 
  
Quartz on chrysocolla
Origin: Inspiration Mine, Globe-Miami Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.5 x 4.1 x 4.0 cm
 
  
 
  
 
  
Chrysocolla with drusy quartz coating
Origin: Ray Central Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.0 x 3.3 x 1.9 cm (top), 7.0 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm (2nd row), 4.2 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Chrysocolla pseudomorph after azurite
Origin: Inspiration mine, Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 16 x 5 x 8 cm
 
  
Blue botryoidal chrysocolla filling an open matrix-wide vug, this lined by quartz
Origin: Ray mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 18 x 11.5 x 5 cm
 
  
Chrysocolla pseudomorph after azurite (?)
Origin: Silica Pit, Ray, Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 9 x 6 x 16 mm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Drusy quartz crystals covering chrysocolla
Origin: Inca de Oro, Copiapó, Atacama Province, Chile
Ex. Ed Rosenzweig collection
Sample size: 12.0 x 7.7 x 7.3 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

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