CHRYSOCOLLA PSEUDOMORPH AFTER MALACHITE AND AZURITE WITH MALACHITE NATURAL CRYSTAL

Tenke-Fungurume Area, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

6.0cm x 6.9cm x 7.5cm (2.4in x 2.7in x 2.9in)

SKU: 145132

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The crystal photographed is the crystal you will receive.

Due to crystals being a natural product, this crystal may have some minor imperfections on the outer surface.

ENERGY PROPERTIES

CHRYSOCOLLA

Chrysocolla helps one listen to one’s inner voice and express it with passion and truth. It helps one speak with knowledge and share one’s experiences with others to assist them on their own path of discovery.

It also helps one stay aware of how one puts one’s energy into the world around us. It has a calming energy that helps us choose our words carefully and only use them when necessary and beneficial.

Chrysocolla is a stone of gentleness and power.

MALACHITE

Malachite offers protection from negative energies while promoting positive vibrations and mental clarity. It instils confidence and supports the ability to take action towards creating and manifesting one’s personal desires and dreams.

It helps to restore strength and vitality after illness or periods of energy depletion, assisting the body's natural healing processes. It encourages one to move forward with purpose and determination, helping to transform one’s intentions into practical outcomes.

Malachite encourages steady progress towards one’s goals while maintaining healthy protective boundaries, allowing both personal growth and energetic balance and so enabling one to look to the future with confidence.

AZURITE

Azurite is a stone of mental clarity, supporting one's capacity to absorb and retain new information, it proves helpful in testing situations, where clear thinking and recall are essential.

Azurite encourages truthfulness both in one's relationship with oneself and in interactions with others. It gently supports the courage required to speak honestly, helping to align one's inner understanding with outward expression.

This stone serves those seeking to deepen their learning while maintaining authenticity in their pursuit of knowledge.

CRYSTAL KNOWLEDGE

This specimen represents a pseudomorphic replacement where Chrysocolla has gradually substituted the original Malachite and Azurite while retaining their crystal forms. The process occurs when silica-bearing solutions dissolve the copper carbonate minerals and deposit Chrysocolla in their place, preserving the external morphology of the original crystals.

The pseudomorph displays Chrysocolla's characteristic blue-green coloration within the botryoidal habits typical of Malachite and the prismatic forms associated with Azurite. This replacement happened over geological time as groundwater chemistry shifted from carbonate-rich to silica-rich conditions in the oxidation zone of Copper deposits.

The resulting mineral exhibits Chrysocolla's vitreous to dull luster and greater hardness compared to the original carbonates, while maintaining the distinctive banded patterns of Malachite and crystal faces of Azurite. These specimens form in the upper portions of Copper ore bodies where weathering and oxidation processes create the specific chemical conditions necessary for this type of mineral replacement.

The pseudomorph demonstrates the dynamic nature of mineral stability under changing environmental conditions, representing a snapshot of geochemical processes that occurred within ancient Copper-bearing hydrothermal systems.