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Chrysocolla & Quartz

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Chrysocolla & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province/Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 2.1 × 2.9 cm
Description

Nice chrysocolla crusts with an overgrowth of sparkling transparent quartz crystals.

The crysocolla color is visible through the quartz.

Excellent blue color!

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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