RARE CHRYSCOLLA AND DRUSSY – 478.85 CTS [MX847a]

Description

 

CHYSOCOLLA AND DRUSSY

  

This is a natural untreated specimen from a  cooper mine in Tucson Azizona usa.It also has a beautiful drussy deposit on the sprecimen making it a nice collectors piece..

 

 

 

SIZE :  71 X 55 X 22 MM APPROX

WEIGHT: 478.85 CTS  APPROX

 

CHRYSOCOLLA HAS AN ATTRACTIVE BLUE-GREEN COLOUR AND IS A MINOR ORE OF COPPER,HAVING A HARDNESS OF 2.5 TO 3.5 . IT IS TYPICALLY FOUND AS GLASSY BOTRYOIDAL OR ROUNDED MASSES AND CRUST, OR VIEN FILLING. BECAUSE OF ITS LIGHT COLOUR, IT IS SOMETIMES CONFUSED WITH TURQUOISE.