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Chrysocolla

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
25.00gr
Description

Spectacular specimen of chrysocolla psm after malachite which in turn is psm after azurite, it seems that some analyzes qualify this chrysocolla as ajoite, but this is not fully reputed yet. Possibly in the near future we will have good news about it.

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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