Specimen #1673

Name: Chrysocolla (uncommon locale)

Type: Mineral

Locality: Douglas Hill Mine, Artesia Lake, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 7.8 x 5.9 x 2.0 cm

Weight: 97

Acquired: 2009-10-15

Source: Arkenstone Auction

Label: N

Comment: Vivid, turquoise-blue, chrysocolla covers the matrix plate on this very showy specimen from the less well-known Douglas Hill Mine of Nevada. The chrysocolla has a weird and unusual pockmarked-look to it and some of the chrysocolla is very highly lustrous and botryoidal. Strange. The mine produces copper. Highly representative of the species and locale and seldom available. The back of the piece has been sawed to enhance the display quality. Ex Wes Parker Collection, purchased from Doug Wallace who had a lot of this material in the 90s.

Minerals: Chrysocolla ((Cu,Al)₂H₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄ n(H₂O))

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Chrysocolla, Douglas Hill Mine, Artesia Lake, Lyon Co., Nevada - 7.8 x 5.9 x 2.0 cm

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Chrysocolla, Douglas Hill Mine, Artesia Lake, Lyon Co., Nevada