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Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
Likasi Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 2 × 1.3 cm
Description

Massive glassy aggregate composed of alternated curved layers of chrysocolla of intense colours with different blue tints. Classic dark chrysocolla type from Likasi.

Collected before 1960, the specimen is from the stock of Robert Verdoodt, who was working in the laboratories of Union Minière du Haut-Katanga.

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

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