Description
often forming in environments rich in calcium carbonate
sometimes occurring on matrix or associated with other minerals like calcite
and certainly a stunner
This piece can be displayed upright as the base is cut flat
with richly colored fluorite perched on dark sphalerite or contrasted against bright calcite
1.75" Quartz with Chrysocolla from Tentadora Mine DX1561 pink fluorite often forming in environments rich1. 75" Quartz with Chrysocolla from Tentadora Mine Approx. Dimensions: 1. 75x1. 5x1. 25 inches Approx. Weight: 35. 4 grams Locality: Tentadora Mine, Huancavelica, Peru This specimen features a single, well formed quartz point coated in botryoidal chrysocolla from the Tentadora Mine in Peru, a locality known for producing some of the finest quartz and copper mineral combinations in the world. Chrysocolla is a hydrated copper silicate that forms in the