Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Aurichalcite

Views:
Watches:
PFK643178

Aurichalcite

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Sounion Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 6.1 × 2.5 cm
Description

Fine blue aggregates of aurichalcite crystals, on both sides of this specimen. The piece has been stabilized because the matrix was too brittle and we had to ensure the durability of the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aurichalcite

Formula: 
(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Strunz: 
5.BA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 2.0
Type Locality: 
Loktevskoye Mine (Loktevskii Mine), Upper Loktevka River, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps