A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Chrysocolla |
|---|---|
| Description | Chrysocolla, CuSiO3-nH2O, (hydrated copper silicate), is a mineraloid, rather than a true mineral. Most of the time it is amorphous, meaning that it does not have a coherent crystalline structure. Chrysocolla is attractive blue-green that provides a unique color to the mineral world. |
| Location | USA ▹ Arizona. Near Miami. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2002-02-15. |
| Collection | Ward’s Classroom Collection of Gem Minerals #33. |
| Key words | chrysocolla, mineraloid |
| Tech details | 407 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2377 |
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