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Chrysocolla

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Chrysocolla

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Locality: 
Luiswishi Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

a beautiful botryoidal mass of chrysocolla. This specimen is much nicer in person and is a lovely deep turquoise colour rather than the greenish colour my camera insists on portraying.

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
Peter Crozier Minerals