Chrysocolla

  
  
Chrysocolla pseudomorph after malachite pseudomorph after azurite
  
Origin: Inspiration Mine, Globe-Miami Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.3 x 5.4 x 3.7 cm (top/2nd row), 4.4 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
Variety bisbeeite
Origin: Candelaria breccia pipe, Morenci District, Greenlee Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.7 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm
 
Origin: Etoile Mine, Lumbumbashi, Kayes Region, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sample size: 14.7 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm
 
  
  
Large vug filled with bright turquoise-colored chrysocolla in rich mounds, sparkling with drusy quartz.
Origin: Lily Mine, Ica Dept., Pisco Province, Peru
Sample size: 15.8 x 13.1 x 11.1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Chrysocolla with malachite
Origin: L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine; Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Southern area, Katanga Copper Zone, Katanga (Shaba), Congo (Zaïre)
Sample size: 17.5 x 13.1 x 8.9 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

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