{"product_id":"chrysocolla-ps-after-malachite-ps-after-azurite-with-quartz-5","title":"CHRYSOCOLLA ps. after MALACHITE  ps. after AZURITE  with QUARTZ","description":"A double pseudomorph of intense sky-blue Chrysocolla replacing Malachite after Azurite and coated in Quartz forms a V-shaped pair of lopsided horns or even the profile of a tick mark.  This specimen is from a magnificent recent find in the Tenke-Fungurume area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Central Africa.  The Chrysocolla is a stunning sky-blue and either side of the base can be seen a remnant core of zoned light chrome-green, deep emerald-green and bottle-green Malachite.  The tabular Chrysocolla pseudomorphs only taper very slightly towards their terminations.  These form gently rounded domes, probably a result of the final deposition of micro-Quartz crystals over all the surfaces.  The Quartz gives the entire specimen a bright glassy lustre and in places the Quartz thickens to form hemispherical globular bulges of radiating micro-crystals.  The Tenke-Fungurume area delineates a 30 km copper-cobalt mineralised zone between Tenke hill in the NW and Fungurume hill in the SE of the Kolwezi mining district.  The region holds large ore reserves and to date a suite of 31 minerals have been recorded, including some exceedingly rare copper species.  A beautiful V-shaped Chrysocolla pseudomorph from the Kolwezi mining district, mounted on a colourless square acrylic base.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46545289380015,"sku":"CC20864","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC20864.png?v=1770378299","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.com\/products\/chrysocolla-ps-after-malachite-ps-after-azurite-with-quartz-5","provider":"Crystal Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}