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Chrysocolla after Malachite

Unknown Owner
A sculptural cluster of stalactitic quartz over chrysocolla after malachite from the Ray Mine. These specimens are absolute American classics and have become very hard to find especially in sizable clusters like this. A fantastic specimen for any Arizona or collector of classic American minerals. Ex. Allen Dillwith, Alex Neufeld

Product details

Species
Chrysocolla, Malachite, QuartzAbout Chrysocolla →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.0 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm
Added on09/13/2025
Locality
USA, Arizona, Ray MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
09/2025Unknown 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.