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CHRYSOCOLLA MINERAL LARGE

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CHRYSOCOLLA MINERAL LARGE

A vibrantly coloured Chrysocolla Mineral Large Specimen. This mineral is great quality, featuring a very beautiful shade of aqua blue. One side of the specimen is covered with Chrysocolla and the other side is plain rock and crevices. Showing classic botryoidal forms with some overgrowth, the main photo shows amazing detail. This is a super specimen which will add a splash of colour to your collection. Chrysocolla has a pretty unique colour to the mineral world, the only similar hue being the best quality Turquoise. As with many blue and green rocks, this is an ore of copper.

Location:
Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa.

Dimensions:
12.8cm x 9.5cm x 6.1cm, 431g.

 

Chrysocolla:  Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O

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CHRYSOCOLLA MINERAL LARGECHRYSOCOLLA MINERAL LARGE

A vibrantly coloured Chrysocolla Mineral Large Specimen.  This mineral is great quality, featuring a very beautiful shade of aqua blue.  One side of the specimen is covered with Chrysocolla and the other side is plain rock and crevices.  Showing classic botryoidal forms with some overgrowth, the main photo shows amazing detail.  This is a super specimen which will add a splash of colour to your collection.  Chrysocolla has a pretty unique colour to the mineral world, the only similar hue being the best quality Turquoise.  As with many blue and green rocks, this is an ore of copper.

Location:
Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa.

Dimensions:
12.8cm x 9.5cm x 6.1cm, 431g.

Chrysocolla:  Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O.

The name was first used by Theophrastus in 315 B.C. and comes from the Greek chrysos, meaning “gold,” and kolla, meaning “glue,” in allusion to the name of the material used to solder gold.  André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers revived the name in 1808.  Chrysocolla forms in the oxidation zones of copper rich ore bodies.

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