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Chrysocolla

Ex Dr. Krantz, Bonn, Germany
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Smolník District, Gelnica County, Košice Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 7.5 × 3 cm
Description

Green, botryoidal chrysocolla on matrix.
Comes with very nice old label dated 1843 which means 'Kupfergrün, Schmollnitz in Ungarn'. The locality Smolník (german Schmöllnitz, hungarian Szomolnok), an ancient copper mine, was part of the austrian-hungarian empire in this period. 'Kupfergrün' is an old german synonym for chrysocolla.
Weight: 80 grams

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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