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Chrysocolla ps. after Malachite ps. after Azurite with Quartz
$1,000.00 €847 £730.00 approx. This specimen is priced in US dollars, all other prices are approximate.
ID:
CC20876
A spear-shaped double pseudomorph of intense sky-blue Chrysocolla replacing Malachite after Azurite and coated in Quartz, from a magnificent recent find in the Tenke-Fungurume area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Central Africa. This former tabular Azurite crystal, now pseudomorphed to Chrysocolla, forms a tapering curved flattened habit and is entirely encrusted with sparkling micro-Quartz crystals with a bright glassy lustre. The Quartz is particularly rich on this specimen, so giving a lustrous rough sucrosic granular surface texture. The Chrysocolla is a stunning sky-blue and throughout the base (as observed through its acrylic base) can be seen a remnant core of emerald-green Malachite. The Tenke-Fungurume area delineates a 30 km copper-cobalt mineralised zone between Tenke hill in the NW and Fungurume hill in the SE of the Kolwezi mining district. The region holds large ore reserves and to date a suite of 31 minerals have been recorded, including some exceedingly rare copper species. A choice Quartz-coated Chrysocolla pseudomorph from the Kolwezi mining district of the DRC. This specimen comes mounted on a small square, colourless acrylic base.