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Chrysocolla from Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo

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This colorful Congo combo has vibrant secondary copper minerals covered with a glittering druzy quartz. In great overall condition, with sharp quartz over the botryoidal growth of the malachite and chrysocolla. Good relief and color contrast.

Product details

SpeciesChrysocollaMalachiteQuartz
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions7.5 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Added on10/31/2026
LocalityDR Congo, Lualaba, Tenke-Fungurume area

Current owner

Unknown Owner
Acquired
Nov 2026
Price paid
$900.00

Previous owners

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—DanZ RockshopNot disclosed

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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 Tenke-Fungurume Area, DR Congo
from the Tenke-Fungurume area belongs to one of the most important modern copper-cobalt districts on Earth, and the best collector pieces show that pedigree immediately: saturated sky-blue to turquoise chrysocolla, commonly draped with glittering microcrystalline quartz, set against remnants of malachite-green, dark copper oxides, or pale carbonate matrix. The finest specimens are not simply color pieces; they are paragenetic puzzles, preserving earlier copper-carbonate forms as pseudomorphs and epimorphs. In the best-known modern style, bladed or tabular forms—usually interpreted as azurite at the start of the sequence, though barite or gypsum has also been suggested for some habits—were replaced first by malachite and then partly or wholly by chrysocolla, before a late silica event added a sparkling quartz skin.
Locality guide
Tenke-Fungurume area
A collector's guide to Tenke-Fungurume area, DR Congo: its geology, mining history and notable minerals, illustrated with the 242 specimens documented from this locality on EarthWonders.