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Chrysocolla

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Description
Locality: 
Likasi Mine, Kambove, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 5.7 × 2 cm
Weight: 
37.00gr
Description

Aggregate composed of alternating botryoidal layers of chrysocolla of greenish-blue and blue colour and glassy aspect, on the typical Likasi matrix.

Ex René Virlet, a Belgian colonist in Congo who travel back definitively to Belgium in 1968. It comes with his handwritten label.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
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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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Postage Area Price
Belgium <2Kg (Unregistered)
3
NL, DE, FR, LU <2Kg (Unregistered)
8
Rest EU <2Kg (Unregistered)
12
EUROPE (NO EU) <2Kg (Unregistered)
14
USA <2Kg (Unregistered)
14
REST OF THE WORLD <2Kg (Unregistered)
14

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