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Chrysocolla with Quartz from Inca de Oro, Atacama, Chile

 
Chrysocolla with Quartz from Inca de Oro, Atacama, Chile

Chrysocolla with Quartz from Inca de Oro, Atacama, Chile

Chrysocolla with Quartz from Inca de Oro, Atacama, Chile

DESCRIPTION:No. 60758
Mineral:Chrysocolla with Quartz
Locality:Inca de Oro, Atacama, Chile
Description:Blue to blue-green chrysocolla crystals in hemispherical aggregates to 4 mm diameter lining a cavity in sulfite-rich matrix. One area on the top of the cavity has lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 0.3 mm coating the blue chrysocolla. Collected by Terry Szenics ca. 1990
Overall Size:14x11x8 cm
Crystals:micro to 0.3 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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