mineral general info

Origin: Mashamba West, Katanga, Zaire

Sample size: 8.7 x 8.2 x 6.0 cm

Origin: Kolwezi, Congo

Sample size: 8.0 x 6.6 x 4.9 cm

Quartz coating on chrysocolla

Origin: Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Ex. Ed Swoboda collection

Sample size: 5.8 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm

Chrysocolla pseudomorph after azurite

Origin: Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection

Sample size: 2.9 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm

Chrysocolla pseudomorph after gypsum

Origin: Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Ex. Don Belsher collection

Sample size: 14 x 6 x 30 mm

Chrysocolla with minor malachite

Origin: L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Southern area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre)

Sample size: 7.8 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm

Malachite on chrysocolla

Origin: Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaïre)

Sample size: 7.2 x 5.4 x 2.7 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich