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Chrysocolla

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Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 6 × 4 cm
Description

An attractive polished specimen consisting of chysocolla, shattuckite (?) on tenorite and chalcopyrite. Nice patternation and much more reflective than the images suggest.

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
Peter Crozier Minerals