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Chrysocolla & Quartz

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Chrysocolla & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Glorious Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3 × 2.6 cm
Description

Layered between black seams of tenorite, are banded layers of chrysocolla, bright and translucent of the variety known as gem silica, the chrysocolla opening to form a cavity lined with druzy quartz

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White
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