Chrysocolla - Illogan, England, UK

Chrysocolla

Help improve this record

No owner is registered for this specimen yet. If it's yours or you know more about it, you can add the owner, provenance, publications and other details.

Areas rich in the hydrated copper phyllosilicate, Chrysocolla, part-cover the surface of a brecciated coarse granular Quartz matrix. The Chrysocolla forms emerald to turquoise-green crusts and veinlets all over and within the matrix and tends to have a texture of frosted glass with a waxy lustre. Recorded as 'green opal from Cornwall' on the original label, it is thought likely to originate from one of the copper-rich areas within the Lizard Peninsula.