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Chrysocolla Var Gem Silica

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Chrysocolla Var Gem Silica

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Description
Locality: 
Blue Dove Copper Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 2.6 × 2.4 cm
Description

An exceptional solid piece of chrysocolla, glassy dark turquoise blue, refered to in the gemtrade as gemsilica, collected in 2006 from the Blue Dove Mine in the Cloncurry Mining District.

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
Earthstones Australia

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