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Chrysocolla

Unknown Owner
A nice example of this classic material from the famous Ray Mine. A stalactite of malachite coated in chrysocolla and quartz. Great color and texture, displays well. There is a broken termination that allows examination of the concentric rings on the interior. Two spots of contact on the backside that do not overly distract.

Product details

Species
Chrysocolla, MalachiteAbout Chrysocolla →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.5 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
Added on09/13/2025
Locality
USA, Arizona, Ray MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
01/2026Unknown OwnerNot disclosed
—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 Ray Mine, Arizona, USA
Ray Mine chrysocolla has the color that made Arizona copper minerals famous: saturated turquoise, robin’s-egg blue, blue-green, and darker teal, often with enough silica to take on the glassy depth collectors associate with “gem silica” or chrysocolla chalcedony. The best specimens are not merely blue masses. They are textural pieces: botryoidal seams, sparkling quartz-dusted pockets, stalactitic fingers, chrysocolla replacing earlier copper minerals, and intensely colored material set against brown gossan, quartzite, black tenorite-rich matrix, malachite, or relic azurite forms.