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Chrysocolla Chalcedony & Malachite

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Chrysocolla Chalcedony & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province/Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
18.3 × 11.2 × 9.5 cm
Description

Tall museum specimen with chalcedony on chrysocolla partly with malachite. Enchanting specimen for everones collection 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chrysocolla

Formula: 
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)
Strunz: 
9.ED.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.5

Chalcedony

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kadıköy (Chalcedon), Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
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