Chrysocolla

Quartz on chrysocolla pseudomorph after azurite

Origin: Live Oak Mine, Miami, Arizona, U.S.A.

Ex. Martin Zinn collection

Sample size: 7.3 x 7.1 x 3.6 cm

Chrysocolla pseudomorph azurite

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

Ex. Stoudt collection

Sample size: 5.4 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm

Origin: Shaba Province, Congo

Sample size: 18.3 x 12.3 x 5.5 cm

Specimen of chrysocolla coating azurite balls to 9 mm in a malachite-lined vug in matrix of mostly massive azurite.

Origin: Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5.0 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Rob Lavinsky

Chrysocolla pseudomorph after azurite

Origin: Ray Mine, Ray, Hot Tamale Peak, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Pinal Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 6.8 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm

Photo courtesy of:

Dan Weinrich

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