Chrysocolla

  

  

Chrysocolla with partial coating of malachite

Origin: Star of Congo Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Congo

Sample size: 11.4 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm

 

  

Chrysocolla pseudomorph after malachite pseudomorph after azurite with wulfenite

Origin: Whim Creek Mine, Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia

Sample size: 5.2 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm

 

  

Blue azurite balls to 7 mm with turquoise-green chrysocolla balls on nicely contrasting darker azurite and gossan matrix.

Origin: Morenci District, Greenlee Co., Arizona, U.S.A.

Sample size: 4.7 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm

 

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Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

Origin: Eagle Eye Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

Sample size: 3 x 5 cm

 

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A 2.5 cm copper leaf and another to 1 cm well exposed on chrysocolla matrix

Origin: Old Copper mine, Sommerville, New Jersey, United States
Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 5 x 4 x 3 cm

 

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