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Chrysocolla from Inspiration Mine area, Arizona, USA

A beautiful classic specimen from Arizona featuring richly colored chrysocolla coated with botryoidal chalcedony, accompanied by a small cavity lined with sparkling, transparent quartz crystals. This piece is an excellent example of this type of material, found primarily in pockets discovered at the mine during the 1960s through the 1980s.

Chalcedony on Chrysocolla

Inspiration Mine, Inspiration, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Product details

SpeciesChrysocollaChalcedonyQuartz
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions10.0 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm
Added on07/11/2026
LocalityUSA, Arizona, Inspiration Mine area
RepairsNo repairs
Current owner
Kristiyan Dimitrov
Kristiyan Dimitrov
Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
Member since 2025

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Chrysocolla
Mineral guide
Learn about Chrysocolla
sky-blue to teal-green copper silicate; botryoidal coatings and stalactites, often with quartz drusy, valued for color and locality; ID tips.
Chrysocolla
Regional guide
Chrysocolla from Inspiration Mine Area, Arizona, USA
from Inspiration Mine Area, Arizona — blue-to-blue-green copper silicate often with quartz or malachite, prized for this historic mining locality.
Locality guide
Inspiration Mine area
Inspiration Mine, USA - historic skarn copper locality famed for blue kinoite on apophyllite, with chrysocolla and malachite, prized by collectors.