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Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.2 × 3 × 2.2 cm
Weight: 
12.00gr
Description

Spectacular and very aesthetic specimen of chrysocolla psm after malachite which in turn is psm after azurite, covered by a second generation of malachite, from the famous Lupoto mine in Katanga.

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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