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Chrysocolla Rough Stone - Per Kilo

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Our Price: $200.40  

Product Code: RRI-CHUCRYSOC

Due to being somewhat more common than turquoise, its wide availability, and vivid, beautiful blue and blue-green colours, chrysocolla has been popular for use as a gemstone for carvings and ornamental use since antiquity. It is often used in silversmithing and goldsmithing in place of turquoise and is relatively easy to work and shape. Chrysocolla has a cyan (blue-green) colour and is a minor ore of copper, having a hardness of 2.5 to 7.0. It is typically found as botryoidal or rounded masses and crusts, or vein fillings. A 2006 study has produced evidence that chrysocolla may be a microsc ... Read more

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