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Chrysocolla Psm Malachite & Azurite

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Chrysocolla Psm Malachite & Azurite

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Description
Locality: 
Whim Creek Mine, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 5.4 × 2 cm
Description

A single sharp pseudomorph of chrysocolla after azurite / malachite  rising up from a matrix of coppery to irridescent botyroidal gossan dotted with translucent pale to rich blue green spheres of chrysocolla.

This specimen is from the first big and the best find by David Vaughin in 1985 and were first realised to the world at the Glen Waverley Gemshow that year by David Vaughin and Viclap of Edithvale.

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

Malachite

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

Azurite

Formula: 
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France...
Earthstones Australia

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