Chrysocolla

  

Chrysocolla pseudomorph after azurite

Origin: 2280 Level, Ray Mine, Ray, Pinal County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm

 

  

  

Chrysocolla pseudomorph after malachite pseudomorph after azurite with wulfenite

The large crystal (shown in the top row from front, side edge-on, and back views) is fully 3.5 cm long, and is mostly composed of chrysocolla that has replaced the malachite, which in turn replaced the original azurite crystal. ON the front, it looks blue. On the back side, we can see that the replacement was never completed and patches of velvety malachite remain to prove the origins of the chrysocolla as a replacement of malachite rather than of azurite (the smaller crystals seem to be completely replaced).

Origin: 130 Foot Level, Whim Well Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia
Collected in 1974

Sample size: 6 x 5 x 4 cm

 

  

Chrysocolla pseudomorph after selenite

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

Sample size: 5 x 2.2 x 2 cm

 

  

Chrysocolla pseudomorph after azurite

Origin: Inspiration Mine near Miami, Gila County, Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3 x 2.25 x 2 cm

 

Chrysocolla pseudomorph after azurite

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

Ex. M. Dodge collection

Sample size: 2.7 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm

 

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Chrysocolla in the center (old discredited name bisbeeite) with fibrous planchéite at the perimeter (?)

Origin: Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm

 

  

Origin: Loz Azules, Copiapo, Chile

Sample size: 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Chrysocolla with drusy quartz

Origin: 1450 bench, Hercules area, Ray mine, Ray, Pinal Co., Arizona, United States

Sample size: 4 x 3 x 4 cm (top), 6 x 5 x 5 cm (2nd row), 7.5 x 5 x 4 cm (3rd row), 5.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm (bottom)

 

  

Chrysocolla with drusy quartz

Origin: Ray mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, United States

Sample size: 4.5 x 4 x 4 cm

 

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